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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: Bound to Succeed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte say was his power?
(a) His looks.
(b) His charm.
(c) His name.
(d) His family history.

2. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say was one of the chief draws of Paris to young men?
(a) Social freedoms.
(b) The availability of cheap education.
(c) The immense number of churches in the city.
(d) The large number of single women.

3. What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) A book of poetry.
(b) A book of short stories.
(c) A nonfiction book about slavery.
(d) A fictional novel about slavery.

4. What did Charles Sumner find surprising about the Sorbonne?
(a) It allowed women to study in segregrated classrooms.
(b) It allowed women to study with men.
(c) It allowed blacks to study alongside whites.
(d) It allowed blacks to study in segregrated classrooms.

5. Who was P.T.Barnum?
(a) A New York showman.
(b) A New York doctor.
(c) A French artist.
(d) A French showman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country denied a patent to Morse for his new invention in 1837?

2. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?

3. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?

4. What is an atelier?

5. What was Charles Stratton's stage name?

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