Twilight Bey

    d) She laments that Watts is suffering the same fate as Rome did under Nero when it

         began to burn: neglect.

4.  Ruben Martinez in his essay “Technicolor” in Half + Half  calls for:

d)     a recognition of how we can become confused between reel life and real life.

6.  What word is best to describe what began on October 12, 1492?  Briefly explain your choice.

a. discovery.

b. conquest

c. culture clash

d. collision of peoples

e. invasion

f. adventurous exploration

What ever you want

7. What word is best to describe what happened in British America beginning on July 4, 1776?  Briefly explain your choice.

a. riot

b. rebellion

c. civil unrest

d. insurrection

e. uprising

f. civil war

g. tax revolt

h. holy crusade against an evil empire

8. What word is best to describe what happened in Los Angeles beginning April 29. 1992?  Briefly explain your choice.

a. riot

b. rebellion

c. civil unrest

d. revolution

e. insurrection

f. civil war

g. collision of peoples

h. culture clash

9.  What does saigu mean?

1. April 29^th
2.  A special type of sushi

10.  To honor the discoverers of the Americas and the founders of its first civilizations, we should (select one and briefly explain your answer):

a. Honor Columbus on October 12^th

b. Honor the indigenous peoples of the Americas on October 12^th

11.  What motivated Columbus’ voyages according to Columbus and in his mission statement to the King of Spain?  Briefly explain your answer.

a. Gold, trade, and commerce

b. God (a desire to save the heathens)

c. A desire to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims

d. Wanderlust and a love of adventure

a. Gold, trade, and commerce

12.  What political theory would you associate most closely with the politics of John Winthrop’s “Model of Christian Charity” sermon (a speech cited by Ronald Reagan in major political speeches)?  Briefly explain your choice.

a. Capitalism

b. Socialism

c. Marxist Communism

d. Compassionate liberalism

e. Compassionate conservatism

b. Socialism OR

c. Marxist Communism

Explain choice

13.  Herman Melville’s story “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” can best be described as a story about:

a.  a celebration of the capitalist ethos of Wall Street

b.  a  story about awakening to a new commandment that we love one another and to a side of New York City where there is misery, not happiness.    

c.  a lesson in how not to manage a disgruntled employee

d.  a lament against unproductive, lazy slackers who would prefer to accept charity

     rather than succeed through hard work.

b.  a  story about awakening to a new commandment that we love one another and to a side of New York City where there is misery, not happiness.    

14.   Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that the Representatives of the United States of America should, when making a case for war:

a)      consult gut instinct

b)      act pre-emptively

c)      pay “a decent respect to the opinion of mankind and submit “facts” to a “candid world” to prove claim for going to war.

d)     fear monger

e)      call for a crusade against evil

15.  How many times is equality mentioned in the Constitution of 1789?

a. Once, in the Preamble
b. 5 times
c. Zero

16.  Which of the first five presidents of the USA was not a slaveholder:

a. George Washington
b. John Adams
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. James Madison
e. James Monroe

17.    How many years did it take for the USA to become a representative democracy that insured  by law equal voting rights for its minority and female population after 1789?

a. Trick question: The USA was a democracy with equal rights in 1789
b. Not until the Civil War.
c. Not until women got the vote in 1920.
d. Over 170 years.

18.  The phrase promoting "the general welfare" as a key function of government is found in what document?

1. Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto

2. Sweden's Constitution
3. The Constitution of the USA

19.   What is the founding date of Los Angeles?

a. 1689

b. 1781

c. 1850

20.  When did Los Angeles start becoming multicultural and multiracial?

a. 1781

b. 1850

c. 1980s

21.  Which of the following freedoms is not included in FDR's Four Freedoms?

1. Freedom of speech and expression
2. Freedom of every person to worship in his own way
3. Freedom from want and hunger
4. Freedom from fear
5. Freedom from taxes designed to provide select groups of people with social security.

24.  When was the legal prohibition against interracial marriage ended in California?

a. 1880

b. 1920

c. 1948

d. 1967

25.  What phrase best captures the American character according to David Brooks?  Which phrase best captures the American character in your opinion.  Briefly explain your choice.

Born to run

Born to be wild

Born to conquer

Born in slavery and inequality and trying to become free and equal

Born to succeed

Born to work hard

Born to dream and hope

Born to escape the past

Born to be caring and compassionate

Born to worship the dollar

Born to win…to be #1….to be top gun.

Born to go to war

Born to create a more perfect union

Born to be self-reliant

Born to practice brotherly love

26.  What best typifies the American Sound?  Briefly explain your choice.

Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner”

Ronald Reagan’s 2^nd Inaugural Address wherein he describes the American sound as “hopeful, big hearted, idealistic, daring, decent and fair”

Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On?”

Louis Armstrong, “Black and Blue”

Ray Charles’ version of “America, the Beautiful”

Santana, “Black Magic Woman (You’ve Got to Change Your Evil Ways)”

Aaron Copland, “Fanfare for the Common Man”

George Gershwin, “Rhapsody in Blue”

Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone”

We Shall Overcome

Aretha Franklin, “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”

Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”

Woody Guthrie, This Land is My Land”