1. What language did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte prefer to speak when he did not want people to understand what he was saying?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Italian.
(d) Russian.

2. How did John Singer Sargent pay his expenses early in his career?
(a) His father's money.
(b) His mother's money.
(c) His wife's money.
(d) Working as a teacher.

3. What did his teacher, Pierre-Charles--Alexandre Louis, encourage James Jackson, Jr. to pursue in his medical education?
(a) Gynecology.
(b) Pathological research.
(c) Oncology.
(d) Surgery.

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

5. What took place on September 2, 1851?
(a) An execution.
(b) A natural disaster.
(c) A coup.
(d) A protest march.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes stress that the ability to dissect a human corpse was a unique and deeply important part of his French medical training?

2. Who was John Singer Sargent?

3. What was considered the grandest and most exuberant expression of the Second Empire opulence?

4. What requirement did the Ecole de Medecine have that American medical schools did not?

5. With whom did Mary Cassatt study art?

(see the answer key)

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