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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. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?
(a) To paint John Quincy Adams.
(b) To paint a copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington.
(c) To paint Andrew Jackson.
(d) To visit his parents.

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

3. Who was the American minister to Paris in 1787?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

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

5. Who was Antoine Gros?
(a) A law professor.
(b) An art teacher.
(c) An art student.
(d) A medical teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. For shat portrait did George Healy win his first medal at the Paris Salon?

2. How did James Jackson Jr. die?

3. By what title was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte often referred?

4. What is Morse Code?

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

(see the answer key)

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