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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 huge political event was taking place when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a cameo cutter apprentice?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The Spanish-American War.
(c) The American Civil War.
(d) The French Revolution.

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

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

4. What was the draw of Galignani's for many visiting Americans in Paris?
(a) It was a cheap department store.
(b) It was a delightful restaurant.
(c) It was an English bookstore, a gathering place.
(d) It was a art store friendly to visiting Americans.

5. What was the largest hospital in Paris in the 1830s?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Hotel Dieu.
(c) Ecole de Medecine.
(d) St. Catherine's.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say was one of the chief draws of Paris to young men?

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

5. How did Antoine Gros die?

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