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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: Bound to Succeed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Augustus Saint-Gaudens' uncle have?
(a) Demolitions expert.
(b) Theater set designer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Actor.

2. What was the first news article to appear about the daguerreotype in the United States?
(a) An article written by a friend of Daguerre for the New York Observer.
(b) Morse's account of a visit with Daguerre that his brothers had published.
(c) A daguerreotype sent to the New York Observer by Morse.
(d) An article written by Daguerre.

3. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?
(a) Yale.
(b) New York University.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

4. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?
(a) To paint Andrew Jackson.
(b) To paint a copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington.
(c) To paint John Quincy Adams.
(d) To visit his parents.

5. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?
(a) Artist.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Willard have a visit with upon arriving in Paris?

2. Why did Victor Hugo move to Belgium in 1851?

3. What was considered the most important aspect of a cameo's success?

4. What nationality was Augustus Saint-Gaudens' mother?

5. Who attacked and beat Charles Sumner to such a degree that he would have pain for much of the rest of his life?

(see the answer key)

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