The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

David McCullough
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 type of people did John Collins Warren offer his son upon his journey to Paris?
(a) To embrace those of a serious mind like his own.
(b) To avoid those who did not attend church regularly.
(c) To embrace those with similar tastes.
(d) To avoid those fond of theaters and dissipation.

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

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

4. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?
(a) Melancthon T. Woolsey.
(b) David Farragut.
(c) Samuel Morse.
(d) John Sanderson.

5. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?
(a) Many were nudes.
(b) Many showed acts considered vulgar to Americans.
(c) Many showed children in unusual situations.
(d) Many displayed horrific battle scenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Morse was twenty-eight, who commissioned him for a portrait?

2. What was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?

3. How far was the trip from La Havre to Paris?

4. What was Emma Willard's profession?

5. What did James Fenimore Cooper mean when he said France was a country of dirt and gilding?

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