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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ailment left Gussie Saint-Gaudens feeling isolated late in life?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Muteness.

2. What was Vernon Lee's real name?
(a) Virginia Lester.
(b) Violet Paget.
(c) Violet Parker.
(d) Virginia Lee.

3. Who was Louis Saint-Gaudens?
(a) Gussie's father-in-law.
(b) Gussie's brother.
(c) Augustus' brother.
(d) Augustus' cousin.

4. How old was Mary Cassatt when she made her debut as an Impressionist?
(a) 44.
(b) 31.
(c) 21.
(d) 34.

5. Who marched into Paris on March 1, 1871?
(a) English.
(b) Americans.
(c) Italians.
(d) Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commonly wore cameos during the time in which Saint-Gaudens was an apprentice in the art of cutting cameos?

2. What group of artists did Mary Cassatt embrace in 1875?

3. What happened to the government of France on April 4, 1871?

4. What was the profession of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' father?

5. On what committee did Washburne serve as chairman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Paris Commune? How was it connected to communism?

2. For what reasons did John Singer Sargent choose to make his home in Paris in 1874?

3. For what reason did General Louis Trochu refuse to allow people to leave Paris during his army's siege of the city?

4. What famous American politician visited Paris in 1878 upon the resignation of Elihu Washburne?

5. What is the Farragut? Who does it portray?

6. What is significant about the arrival of Isadora Duncan in Paris in 1901?

7. What was the American Ambulance? Who created it?

8. Why was Archbishop Darboy arrested and executed in 1871?

9. Who was Elihu Washburne? Why did he refuse to leave Paris in 1870 when troops began to descend on Paris?

10. What impact did the Farragut have on Saint-Gaudens career?

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