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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: American Sensations.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Besides creating portraits, what other means of making money did Samuel Morse pursue before moving to Paris?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Writing.
(c) Inventing.
(d) Preaching.

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

4. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?
(a) Sally Foster Otis.
(b) Lucretia Morse.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Mary Cassatt.

5. What household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?
(a) Cats.
(b) Fish.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did James Jackson Jr. die?

2. What were omnibuses?

3. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?

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

5. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?

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