1. Who is the only one of New England's immortals, famous writers and intellectuals, who never went to Paris?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(c) Herman Melville.
(d) Henry Thoreau.

2. Who commonly wore cameos during the time in which Saint-Gaudens was an apprentice in the art of cutting cameos?
(a) Women.
(b) Actors.
(c) Artists.
(d) Men.

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

4. Who was Mark Twain?
(a) American writer.
(b) French actor.
(c) French writer.
(d) American actor.

5. What is an atelier?
(a) Art teacher.
(b) Art studio.
(c) Art critic.
(d) Art workshop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did American doctors, and/or their patients, have in regards to female patients that was not shared by their Paris equivalent in 1830?

2. Who did Mrs. Willard have a visit with upon arriving in Paris?

3. What fashion among male Parisians did John Sanderson criticize during his time in Paris?

4. What dance shocked Mark Twain upon his short visit to Paris?

5. Why did Charles Sumner climb the four hundred steps to the top of Notre Dame?

(see the answer key)

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