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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 were omnibuses?
(a) Double rider bikes.
(b) Large wheelchairs.
(c) Giant, horse-drawn public conveyances.
(d) Double-decker boats that traveled the Seine.

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

3. Why did Samuel Morse wish to go to Paris in the 1830s?
(a) To meet a suitable woman to marry.
(b) To study.
(c) To write.
(d) To be free of responsibility.

4. To whom does the author of this book compare James Fenimore Cooper's popularity in Paris?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Abigail Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

5. What was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?
(a) Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers.
(b) The Last of the Mohicans.
(c) The Ways of the Hour.
(d) The Deerslayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American building did Pierre-Charles L'Enfant design?

2. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?

3. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?

4. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?

5. Who is Natty Bumppo?

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