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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: The Medicals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?
(a) Artist.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Lawyer.

2. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?
(a) The vehicles.
(b) The food.
(c) The roads.
(d) The accomadations.

3. How did Samuel Morse's wife, Lucretia, die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Cholera.

4. What is a brig as described in Chapter 1?
(a) A cruise ship.
(b) A single-masted round rigged ship that carried passengers.
(c) A two-masted square-rigged ship that carried cargo.
(d) A millitary jail.

5. Where was Morse working a great deal of the time during his stay in Paris?
(a) The Palace Royale.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) École des Beaux-Arts.
(d) The Sorbonne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charles Sumner find surprising about the Sorbonne?

2. What was the largest building in America in the 1830s?

3. What fashion among male Parisians did John Sanderson criticize during his time in Paris?

4. What type of artist did George Healy long to be?

5. What was one of the great virtues of Morse's project, Gallery of the Louvre?

(see the answer key)

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