World scholars 2023 topic 3

what is a column (literature)

• it isn"t in literature but in math

• A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication

• the game has also been criticized for celebrating imperialism, for discounting the cost of environmental destruction,

• While Hamilton's casting of black actors as white historical political leaders may seem to empower them

Answer explanation

It is also where a writer expresses their own opinion in few columns allotted to them by the newspaper organisation.

what is presentism

• A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication

• focusing too much on the 20th and 21st centuries—and against sifting selectively through the past to find support for their current social agendas.

• Color-blind-casting does not take race or ethnicity into account.

• focusing too much on the 18th ad 19th century and against sifting selectively through the past to find support for their current social agendas.

Answer explanation

For example, when writing history about slavery in an era when the practice was widely accepted, letting that fact influence judgment about a group or individual would be presentistism and thus should be avoided.

list actresses who played princess diana

• benjamin walker.

  Daniel Day lewis

  Brennen Harper.

  Bill Oberst Jr.

  Raymond Massey

• Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover and Sidney Poitier have also taken turns at playing Mandela. Morgan Freeman

• She has never been acted

• Kristen Stewart.

  Jeanna De Waal

  Emma Corrin

  Elizabeth Debicki

  Bonnie Soper

  Naomi Watts

Answer explanation

Actors may undergo makeup transformations to mimic her iconic hairstyle, including the layered cut and blonde color. They may also use prosthetics, such as nose pieces or padding, to achieve a closer resemblance to her facial features.

Why is Hamilton controversial.

• focusing too much on the 20th and 21st centuries

• Hamilton's casting of white actors and black political leaders seemed to make them play as their oppressors

• There is no controversy everyone loved Hamilton.

• While Hamilton's casting of black actors as white historical political leaders may seem to empower them, it actually forces Black actors to play-act as their own oppressors, exalting the very history that undermined them

Answer explanation

Lin Manuel Miranda was the director of the Hamilton play

What is colour-blind casting?

• Color-conscious-casting does not take race or ethnicity into account.

• Color-blind-casting does not take race or ethnicity into account.

• Color-blind-casting takes race or ethnicity into account.

• There is no such thing

Answer explanation

Examples are white actresses Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone playing characters of Asian descent.

What is 'The Mountaintop' (play) Controversy

• While Hamilton's casting of black actors as white historical political leaders may seem to empower them, it actually forces Black actors to play act as their own oppressors

• about the Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. triggered a controversy in 2015 when he cast a white actor in the title role, hoping to explore issues of identity and authenticity,

• about the civil rights leader Melvin Tayebwa triggered controversy in 2015 when he cast a white actor in the title role, hoping to explore issues of identity and authenticity

• there were no issues

Answer explanation

It was directed by Micheal Oatman in an attempt to explore issues with identiy and ethnicity

define Verisimilitude

• The word is spelt wrong so it is a trick question

• the appearance of being false or unreal. She has included photographs in the book to lend verisimilitude to the story.

• the appearance of being true or real. She has included photographs in the book to lend verisimilitude to the story.

describe the controversy surrounding 'The Woman King'

• the appearance of being true or real. She has included photographs in the book to lend verisimilitude to the story

• The film attracted racist rhetoric even before it was released. Online commentators condemned the perceived savagery of the Dahomey kingdom

• every one loved the movie

• False the movie was called the MAN king not the WOMAN king

Answer explanation

Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood was the director of the film.

what is is living alternate history?

• fiction that is based on history and that explores what might have happened if certain historical events, figures, etc., had been different.

• Non-fiction based on history.

• It isn't a real thing.

• It is the alternative to living history museums where u can visit the dead and play with them.

Answer explanation

Kennedy surviving the assassination attempt is a popular event of alternative history, inspiring novels, stage plays and short stories.

Who is the president of the American Historical Association?

• James H. Sour

• James H. Starch

• James H. Sweet

• James H. Stanley