One theory about the disappearance of the pirtate ship in the Caribban suggests that the ships may have encountered maelstroms, large dangerous whirlpools.
What is the meaning of the word maelstrom as used above?
a. problem
b. huge hazard
c. large dangerous whirlpools
d. hazardous waves
What is
c. large dangerous whirlpools
100
"They start with the music being played by contemporary swing bands, and then they discovered the originals." These young people eventually come to appreciate what wonderful music was make during the Big Band Era."
What is the meaning of the word contemporary?
a. of that time
b. of the past
c. of their history
d. of the future
What is
a. of that time
100
After seeing the picture of the starving children, we felt compassion or pity for their suffering.
What does the word compassion mean?
a. Understanding
b. Attracted
c. Harassed
d. Unconcern
What is
a. Understanding
100
While the exact definition may be elusive, swing music-as played by the big bands of 1930s and '40s-is as uniquely American as baseball and apple pie.
What is the meaning of the word elusive?
a. fleeting
b. arbitrary
c. confusing
d. placid
What is
c. confusing
100
"The music provided a real-life soundtrack for two of Amerca's most trying eras-the Depression and World War II."
What is the meaning of the word eras as used above?
a. time warp
b. time travel
c. time capsule
d. time span
What is
d. time span
200
"During the hard years of the Deprssion, big-band music provided pleasure and solace for millions, as well as an important social function."
What is the meaning of the word solace as used above?
a. hatred
b. disdain
c. comfort
d. vitalitu
What is
c. comfort
200
"When asked to describe swing music, he called it "as difficult to explain as the Mona Lisa's smile nor the nutty hats some people wer-but it's still stimulating."
What does the word stimulating means?
a. monotonous
b. invigorating
c. melodious
d. sobering
What is
b. invigorating
200
"Jazz also changed, evolving into other form like beboop, which failed to capture large audiences."
What does the word evolving means?
a. attract
b. liberate
c. change
d. possess
What is
c. change
200
"Even back in the big-band heyday, band leader Benny Goodman couldn't do it. When asked to describe swing music, he called it "as difficult to explain as the Mona Lisa's smile or the nutty hats some people wear."
What does heyday means as used above?
a. a form of straw
b. a form of greeting
c. a form of celebration
d. a form of popularity
What is
d. a form of popularity
200
"The Duke's muscial career spanned several decades, from the 1920s until his death in 1974..."
What is the meaning of the word spanned?
a. lasted
b. ended
c. revived
d. halted
What is
a. lasted
300
His emaciation, that is, his skeleton-like appearance, was frightening to see.
What is the meaning of the word Emaciation?
a. Skeleton like apperance
b. Thick like apperance
c. Tender skeleton
d. Fleshless body
What is
a. Skeleton like apperance
300
"While swing music probably won't again dominate the popular musical scene as it once did, the soumd remains a vital part of Amrican culture..."
What is the meaning of the word vital as used above?
a. intriguing
b. interloping
c. prefrential
d. important
What is
d. important
300
"The infectous, up-tempo beat and rich orchestration were-and-still are-tailor-made for dancing."
What us the meaning of the word infectious?
a. captivatingly contagious
b. easily transmitted
c. overwhelmingly tedious
d. slowly hypnotic
What is
a. captivatingly contagious
300
"Though swing music came of age in the 1990s its roots go back to the blending of African and Euro-American musical traditions that flourished in New Orleans in the early 1935."
What is the meaning of the word flourished as used above?
a. distintegrated
b. decreased
c. dispersed
d. thrived
What is
d. thrived
300
"President Franklin Roosevelt even declared that the music could "inspire a fervor for the spiritual values in our way of life and strengthen demorcracy."
What does the Fervor mean?
a. Exuberance
b. Depression
c. Competitiven
d. Timidity
What is
a. Exuberance
400
The explorers landed in an alien environment, a place both
foreign and strange to their beloved homeland.
What is the meaning of the word alien as used above?
a. Ecology An organism, especially a plant or an animal
b. affiliated
c. critical searchers
d. a foreigner
What is
d. a foreigner
400
Unlike Barbara, who could never forgive an insult, Tuchman was magnanimous person.
What is the meaning of the word magnanimous as used above?
a. unselfish
b. selfish
c. mean-spirited
d. awesome
What is
a. unselfish
400
Mary admonished her students and they knew they were in hot water for their actions.
What is the meaning of the word admonished?
a. Careless
b. Cautioned
c. Compliment
d. Prescribed
What is
b. Cautioned
400
"...they discoverd that there is no better accompaniment to dancing than the toetapping sounds of a big band."
What does the word accompaniment means as used above?
a. opposition
b. complement
c. misfit
d. choreography
What is b. compliment
400
"...swing was the first form of jazz to be embraced by a mass audience domminating the pop charts, dance halls, radio airwaves and concert halls of america for 20 years."
What does dominating?
a. Covering
b. Exciting
c. Supplementing
d. Ruling
What is
d. Ruling
500
The dudeen – a short-stemmed clay pipe – is found in Irish folk tales.
What is the meaning of the word Dudeen?
a. Short pipe
b. Irish utensil
c. Pipe
d. Clay pipe
What is
d. Clay pipe
500
In America, she is an eminent scientist even though she is
virtually unknown in England.
What is the meaning of the word eminent?
a. famous
b. ordinary
c. smart
d. unremarkable
What is
a. famous
500
When Elizabeth heard the news of the crash, her face became a stolid mask showing no expression and betraying no emotions.
what is the meaning of the word stolid as used above?
a. upset
b. emotionless
c. embarassing
d. breathe taking
What is
b. emotionless
500
"Today, the blossoming interest iin the ballroom dance has continued to feed the revival of swing music, with dance clubs forming at collegs around the country."
What does the word revival means?
a. rebirth
b. emphasis
c. decline
d. underdevelopment
What is
a. rebirth
500
"...swing developed its own slang, culture and style of dress--"zoot suits" and two-toned-shoes--and young people flocked to dance marathons across the country."
What does the word flocked means as used above?
a. Congregated
b. Dispersed
c. Registered
d. Escaped