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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Sandler points out that the battle for women to attain the right to vote was waged for over how many years before it was resolved?
2. In what month of 1913 did Alice Paul's suffrage parade take place?
3. In what year did Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the National Woman's Party (NWP), a group Sandler calls "the most effective of all the women's groups" (47)?
4. World War I began in July of which year?
5. Which amendment was concerned with women's right to vote?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?
2. How many "tons of raw molasses poured out" (15) of the container, how high were the waves it produced, and how fast did the molasses move during the Great Molasses Flood?
3. Describe the "largest suffrage parade" (40) in American history.
4. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?
5. In what way does the photograph of the men standing at the booth marked "National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage" (42) evoke the motif of the Other?
6. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
7. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.
8. Discuss the significance of the drawing entitled "The Awakening" included on page 37 of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.
9. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?
10. What were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways does Sandler use discussion of current events within the text of 1919: The Year That Changed America and for what purpose does he introduce these elements?
Essay Topic 2
Examine Sandler’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 3
How does Sandler employ the use or rejection of fallacy within 1919: The Year That Changed America and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Sandler to prove particular points made within the text?
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