18. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 18: Class and Leisure in the American City

**Quiz for Document 18.4: Hutchins Hapgood, Types from City Streets (1910)**

Quiz for Document 18.4: Hutchins Hapgood, Types from City Streets (1910)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. In this article, Hutchins Hapgood’s depiction of the working-class culture suggests that he viewed it with

disgust and antipathy.

curiosity and wonder.

disapproval and regret.

awe and veneration.

2. Hutchins Hapgood’s depiction of working-class women’s lives at the turn of the twentieth century supports which of the following conclusions?

Gender norms for women in the Bowery were less restrictive than those for upper-class women.

Bowery girls went dancing in order to meet men and find a spouse who would support them.

Spielers mimicked wealthy women’s style and dress, but dance served to express their class.

Dancing was one of the few leisure activities available to working-class women in the Bowery.

3. The “spielers” that Hapgood describes consist of which of the following groups?

Little girls

Young single women

Married mothers

Elderly women

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