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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: Voila Paris!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Emma Willard's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor in training.
(c) Schoolmistress and textbook writer.
(d) Artist.

2. What did many Americans quickly discover about the economy in France as compared to America?
(a) Taxes in France were much higher.
(b) The economy in France was less stable than America.
(c) The cost of living in France was much lower than America.
(d) Incomes in France were much lower.

3. Who did Mrs. Willard have a visit with upon arriving in Paris?
(a) General Lafayette.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Samuel Morse.
(d) King Louis-Phillipe.

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

5. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) An artist.
(b) A writer.
(c) A historian.
(d) A judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?

2. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?

3. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say was one of the chief draws of Paris to young men?

4. How much older than the discovery of America by Columbus was the cathedral at Rouen?

5. What was the largest building in America in the 1830s?

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