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

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

3. Where was the first children's hospital opened?
(a) London.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Boston.
(d) Paris.

4. What did Americans find unusual about the length of a day in Paris?
(a) The days were much longer in the winter.
(b) The days were much shorter in the summer.
(c) The sun shone earlier in the day during summer.
(d) The sun shone later in the day during the summer.

5. By what title was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte often referred?
(a) Little Prince.
(b) Prince-President.
(c) Prince-King.
(d) King-President.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Louvre?

3. How did theater help Americans learn French?

4. What is Morse Code?

5. What huge political event was taking place when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a cameo cutter apprentice?

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