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Roaring twenties

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were women called in the 1920s?

a)

flappers

b)

snappers

c)

nannies

2.

What is NOT typical for the 1920s?

a)

jazz music

b)

voting right

c)

massive manifestations

3.

How do we call the boost of African American culture in NYC?

a)

Harlem Art

b)

Queens Deco

c)

Harlem Renaissance

4.

What did women get in 1920?

a)

higher salaries

b)

voting right

c)

a new washing machine

5.

What is the synonym of 'to boost'?

a)

to flush

b)

to flurish

c)

to brush

6.

What is a 'bold make up'?

a)

vif

b)

nouveau

c)

différent

7.

What is the meaning of 'to question'?

a)

remettre en cause

b)

poser une question

c)

répondre à une question

8.

What is 'a bobbed' style?

a)

short hair

b)

short skirts

c)

short corsets

9.

What does 'to give up' mean?

a)

donner

b)

ne pas donner

c)

abandonner

10.

What leisure activities became more important? (several answers)

a)

professional sports

b)

TV

c)

movies

d)

magazines

e)

shops

11.

How do you describe a fun-loving person?

a)

une personne qui n'aime pas travailler

b)

une personne qui aime travailler

c)

une personne qui aime s'amuser

12.

What is the category of these items : a refrigerator, a radio, a telephone?

a)

leisure activities

b)

consumer goods

c)

styles of self-expression

13.

What's the opposite of 'to give'?

a)

to get

b)

to have

c)

to look

14.

What's the English for 'gagner de l'argent'?

a)

win money

b)

gain money

c)

earn money

15.

What's the opposite of 'many'?

a)

a lot

b)

few

c)

much

16.

What's the meaning of 'unwilling'?

a)

ennuyant

b)

innocent

c)

réticent

17.

How do you understand the term "woman's economic independence'?

a)

a woman works in a bank

b)

a woman pays for her man

c)

a woman has her own money

18.

Who had more money than before?

a)

the poor

b)

the rich

c)

an average American

19.

What's the synonym of 'an example'?

a)

un exemple

b)

a case

c)

a race