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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven: Paris Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered the grandest and most exuberant expression of the Second Empire opulence?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) Theatre de l'Opera.
(c) Les Halles.
(d) Place du Pantheon.

2. How many siblings did Mary Cassatt have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

3. What two specialties did the Ecole de Medecine offer its students?
(a) Surgery and gynecology.
(b) General medicine and geriatric medicine.
(c) Surgery and pediatrics.
(d) Surgery and general medicine.

4. With whom did Mary Cassatt study art?
(a) John Singer Sargent.
(b) George Healy.
(c) Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis.
(d) Thomas Couture.

5. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?
(a) To show it to his children.
(b) To visit old friends.
(c) Poor health.
(d) To further his studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What took place in April 1834 that allowed many medical students to see gunshot wounds and wounds caused by bayonets first hand?

2. Why did Victor Hugo move to Belgium in 1851?

3. How did John Singer Sargent pay his expenses early in his career?

4. Who is the only one of New England's immortals, famous writers and intellectuals, who never went to Paris?

5. Where was Mary Cassatt born?

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