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Multiple choice social history of clothing clothing: a social history history

On what grounds were the traditional feminine clothes criticised in the USA?

  1. Long skirts swept the grounds collecting filth and causing illness.

  2. The skirts were voluminous and difficult to handle.

  3. They hampered movement and prevented women from working and earning.

  4. All the above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Reform of the dress, it was said, would change the position of women. If clothes were comfortable and convenient, then women could work, earn their living, and become independent.

Multiple choice social history of clothing clothing: a social history history

England passed a law which compelled all persons over 6 years of age, except those of high position, to wear woollen caps made in England on Sundays and on all holy days, What does this mean?

  1. All sumptuary laws were meant to emphasise social hierarchy

  2. Some sumptuary laws were passed to protect home production against imports

  3. Some sumptuary laws were made to pro-mote religion

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
 This law remained in effect for twenty-six years and was very useful in building up the English woollen industry.

Multiple choice social history of clothing clothing: a social history history

Which of the following options best explains the sumptuary laws?

  1. The laws that prohibited wearing short skirts

  2. The laws that declared that silk clothes could not be used by peasants

  3. The laws that controlled the behaviour of the 'social inferiors'

  4. The laws that prohibited the socially superior class from wearing cotton dresses

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

From about 1294 to the time of the French Revolution in 1789, the people of France were expected to strictly follow what were known as ‘sumptuary laws.’ The laws tried to control the behaviour of those considered social inferiors, preventing them from wearing certain clothes, consuming certain foods and beverages (usually this referred to alcohol) and hunting game in certain areas.