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Show Jisk Me Jlnolher Q A General Quiz The Questions 1. What is the greatest solvent? 2. Why is an acorn so often seen in carving on Colonial houses? 3. What is meant by "the great American novel"? 4. Who described architecture as frozen music? 5. What does corn mean? The Answers 1. Water. It dissolves to a greater or lesser extent almost all substances which it contacts. 2. It was considered a symbol of hospitality. 3. It is a phrase applied to a novel not yet written but dreamed of by all who re interested in American literature. 4. Goethe described architecture architec-ture as frozen music. 5. To the American, maize; the Chinese, rice; the Scotsman, oats; the North German, rye; the South German, wheat. |