Set 1

Question 1

How many men were killed in the Boston Massacre?

Answer 1

Five

Question 2

During the Boston Massacre, what was thrown at the soldiers for defense?

Answer 2

Snowballs and rocks

Question 3

What date did the Boston Massacre occur?

Answer 3

March 5, 1770

Question 4

What includes a religious aspect in the portrayal of the Boston Massacre?

Answer 4

A woman clasping her hands in distress.

Question 5

On which street did the Boston Massacre occur?

Answer 5

Congress Street

Question 6

What did the British use to defend themselves in the Boston Massacre?

Answer 6

Muskets

Question 7

Who sold the painting - The Boston Massacre?

Answer 7

Paul Revere

Question 8

What tool was used for engravings?

Answer 8

Burin, it is used against a metal plate

Question 9

What painting did John Singleton Copley paint that starred his younger half brother?

Answer 9

Boy with a Squirrel

Question 10

Who did John Singleton Copley marry?

Answer 10

Susanna Farmham Clarke

Question 11

Who did the Copleys live next to on Beacon Hill?

Answer 11

John Hancock

Question 12

What was Paul Revere’s profession?

Answer 12

Silversmith

Question 13

What was Paul Revere’s father’s name?

Answer 13

Apollos

Question 14

How many children were in the Revere family?

Answer 14

12

Question 15

At what age did Paul Revere leave to become an apprentice?

Answer 15

13

Question 16

Paul Revere was a ring leader in what protest against Britain?

Answer 16

The Boston Tea Party

Question 17

In his lifetime, what was Paul Revere best known for?

Answer 17

Being an activist

Question 18

What did the sign read in The Boston Massacre the never existed on the premises?

Answer 18

“Butcher’s Hall”

Question 19

Which side in The Boston Massacre had expressions which were more severe and angular?

Answer 19

The British

Question 20

What did the painting, The Boston Massacre, do to public opinion?

Answer 20

It allowed many people to feel empathy over one side than the other.

Question 21

On which street did the Boston Massacre occur?

Answer 21

Congress St.

Question 22

Which fighting side of the Boston Massacre seems more unified and put together?

Answer 22

The British soldiers standing together.

Question 23

How did the The Boston Massacre painting help shape the opinions about the revolutionary cause?

Answer 23

The mass circulated cheap prints rather than historical paintings.

Question 24

In the painting, Paul Revere, what is he holding in his hand?

Answer 24

A tea pot

Question 25

Apart from being an amateur architect, what were the occupations of Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 25

Author, politician, farmer, scientist, and lawyer

Question 26

Apart from Monticello, what other buildings did Jefferson design?

Answer 26

The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Question 27

Who was Jefferson inspired by?

Answer 27

French architect Charles-Louis Clerisseau

Question 28

What does Monticello mean in Italian?

Answer 28

Little mountain

Question 29

How old was Jefferson when he started the first stage of the Monticello from 1769-89?

Answer 29

25 years old

Question 30

How many acres of land did Thomas Jefferson inherit from his father?

Answer 30

5,000

Question 31

Initially, what was the intended style for the Monticello?

Answer 31

An English Palladian Style

Question 32

Where was George Washington’s home situated in Mount Vernon?

Answer 32

Near the edge of the river.

Question 33

Jefferson built his home on top if a hill to gain a view of what?

Answer 33

The Blue Ridge Mountains

Question 34

What did Jefferson want his home to reflect?

Answer 34

Classical ideas

Question 35

When did the second stage of the construction of the Monticello begin?

Answer 35

1796

Question 36

Why did Jefferson change the proportions of the main pavilion?

Answer 36

So the two stories would appear as one.

Question 37

What is a typical characteristic in Jefferson’s designs?

Answer 37

The use of octagons and octagonal forms.

Question 38

What was Monticello built with?

Answer 38

Local brick and wood

Question 39

Monticello managed to display a wealth of different style reference points from where?

Answer 39

Greece and Rome

Question 40

How many slaves worked at Monticello?

Answer 40

More that 80 slaves

Question 41

Where were the slave quarters located?

Answer 41

Behind and below the manor

Question 42

Where was the kitchen and storerooms located at Monticello?

Answer 42

Under the house

Question 43

What invention did Jefferson invent to mask his reliance on slaves?

Answer 43

Dumb waiters

Question 44

What did Jefferson avoid?

Answer 44

Displays of authority

Question 45

Printer of The Boston Massacre

Answer 45

Henry Pelham