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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. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?
(a) David Farragut.
(b) John Sanderson.
(c) Samuel Morse.
(d) Melancthon T. Woolsey.

2. 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?
(a) A lack of understanding about female anatomy.
(b) A lack of respect for the particular ailments of women.
(c) Lack of freedom to examine female patients.
(d) Lack of concern for the conditions centering on pregnancy.

3. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Columbia.
(d) New York University.

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

5. What was considered the most important aspect of a cameo's success?
(a) Texture.
(b) Design.
(c) Color.
(d) Size.

Short Answer Questions

1. What invention did Samuel Morse create that changed communications throughout the world?

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

3. How did theater help Americans learn French?

4. What American building did Pierre-Charles L'Enfant design?

5. What American was good friends with Louis Napoleon Bonaparte?

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