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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Change at Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did James Fenimore Cooper not leave Paris at the beginning of the cholera outbreak?
(a) He did not want to leave his friend, Morse.
(b) He did not think it would affect him.
(c) He was ill, as was his wife.
(d) He was wife was expecting another child.

2. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
(a) Cousin to the French king.
(b) A French theater star.
(c) A French aristocrat and American Revolutionary hero.
(d) Leader of the French government.

3. What country denied a patent to Morse for his new invention in 1837?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

4. What did James Fenimore Cooper mean when he said France was a country of dirt and gilding?
(a) That it was both filthy and filled with beauty.
(b) That it was poor and wealthy.
(c) That it was a world rich in history.
(d) That it was filled with complex people.

5. How did theater help Americans learn French?
(a) Hearing the language constantly helped them figure out the words.
(b) The drama forced them to know French to understand the plot.
(c) They would bring an English copy of the play to follow along.
(d) The words were spoken slower than in everyday conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?

2. Where was Morse working a great deal of the time during his stay in Paris?

3. How did James Jackson Jr. die?

4. What happened on February 22, 1847?

5. Where was the first children's hospital opened?

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