Fill in the Blank Quiz

Flappers wore bright, loose-fitting, short skirts and dresses instead of old-style, dark, __________ dresses.

• conservative

• colorful

• modern

• casual

By 1930, 10 million women had paid jobs outside the __________.

• home

• office

• factory

• school

Families had fewer children and more household __________ made housework easier.

• appliances

• chores

• members

• tasks

Children spent their days in school and other activities with people of their own __________.

• age

• height

• weight

• grade

Charles A. Lindbergh was the first person to fly nonstop solo across the __________.

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Arctic

George Gershwin was a composer who merged popular concert music with American __________.

• jazz

• classical

• rock

• blues

Irving Berlin wrote 1,500 songs, including “__________ Christmas.”

• White

• Blue

• Green

• Red

Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in __________.

• Literature

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Peace

F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the term “__________ Age” to describe the 1920s.

• Jazz

• Golden

• Roaring

• Modern

The “Lost Generation” included expatriates like __________ who lived abroad.

• Hemingway

• Fitzgerald

• Stein

• Pound