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

2. What did his teacher, Pierre-Charles--Alexandre Louis, encourage James Jackson, Jr. to pursue in his medical education?
(a) Gynecology.
(b) Pathological research.
(c) Oncology.
(d) Surgery.

3. What was thought to be a cause for the spread of diseases such as cholera?
(a) Under cooked food.
(b) Eating outdoors.
(c) Too many baths.
(d) A lack of proper hygiene and sanitation.

4. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?
(a) From gossip.
(b) From the newspapers and literature.
(c) From previous travels.
(d) From the styles and art of Paris.

5. Why did James Fenimore Cooper not leave Paris at the beginning of the cholera outbreak?
(a) He did not think it would affect him.
(b) He did not want to leave his friend, Morse.
(c) He was wife was expecting another child.
(d) He was ill, as was his wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of people did John Collins Warren offer his son upon his journey to Paris?

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

4. What household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?

5. How far was the trip from La Havre to Paris?

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