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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 was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?
(a) Many showed acts considered vulgar to Americans.
(b) Many displayed horrific battle scenes.
(c) Many showed children in unusual situations.
(d) Many were nudes.

2. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?
(a) To visit old friends.
(b) Poor health.
(c) To further his studies.
(d) To show it to his children.

3. How did Antoine Gros die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Cancer.

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

5. Who attacked and beat Charles Sumner to such a degree that he would have pain for much of the rest of his life?
(a) Congressman Brooks.
(b) Naval officer William Lynch.
(c) A mugger on the street.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only one of New England's immortals, famous writers and intellectuals, who never went to Paris?

2. What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

3. What was the first news article to appear about the daguerreotype in the United States?

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

5. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?

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