The time period of the novel Chains is in the eighteenth century. This was known as the Enlightenment or the

• Gilded Age

• Romantic Era

• Age of Realism

• Age of Reason

• Elizabethan Age

The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed a direct tax on the British colonies by requiring certain documents be printed on stamped paper made _____________.

• in New York

• by a colonial government official

• in London

• of only one very specific type of paper

• by the staff of members of Parliament

What is a set of phrases that makes a complete melody, which plays a prominent role in a longer piece of music?

• form

• coda

• theme

• melody

• rhythm

Which of the following is created in four basic ways: carving, modeling, casting, and construction?

• sculpture

• painting

• architecture

• fabrication

• solvent

The conclusion that, “atoms of different elements can combine in whole-number ratios to form compounds” was created by who?

• John Dalton

• Alfred Nobel

• Robert Bunsen

• Amedeo Avogadro

• Rosalind Franklin

What is the term for a music manuscript in the composer’s own handwriting?

• autograph score

• dedicated manuscript

• draft composition

• composer's notes

• original music

What event did Federalists point to as evidence of the excesses of democracy?

• Boston Massacre

• Shays’ Rebellion

• Lee Resolution

• Boston Tea Party

• XYZ Affair 

Robinson Crusoe did not try to reach the Canary Islands because

• the current was against him

• he did not know which ports were friendly

• he feared pirates in the area

• he did not know the latitude

• he did not have enough water on board

Who was the first academically-trained artist to live and work in the colonies and became an important influence on the next generation of American painters?

• Bradford Wellington  

• Charles Willson Peele

• Gilbert Limners

• John Singleton Copley

• John Smibert

How much solute dissolves in a solvent can be expressed in several different ways including what?

• atomic weight

• polarity

• sanity

• molarity

• salinity