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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 household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?
(a) Fish.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Cats.

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

3. What was Innocents Abroad?
(a) Mark Twain's best selling book during his lifetime.
(b) Mark Twain's most famous short story.
(c) Mark Twain's favorite theater show.
(d) Mark Twain's favorite poem.

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

5. What was considered the grandest and most exuberant expression of the Second Empire opulence?
(a) Theatre de l'Opera.
(b) Place du Pantheon.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) Les Halles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What nationality was Augustus Saint-Gaudens' mother?

3. Who was Mark Twain?

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

5. What is an atelier?

(see the answer key)

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