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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: The Farragut.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?
(a) Mary Cassatt.
(b) Sally Foster Otis.
(c) Lucretia Morse.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

3. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?
(a) Samuel Morse.
(b) John Sanderson.
(c) David Farragut.
(d) Melancthon T. Woolsey.

4. What requirement did the Ecole de Medecine have that American medical schools did not?
(a) A college degree.
(b) A high school degree.
(c) A recommendation from a practicing doctor.
(d) A PhD.

5. When did Washburne win election into the Congress?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1854.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mark Twain?

2. What dance shocked Mark Twain upon his short visit to Paris?

3. Why was Charles Stratton unique?

4. Why did Washburne move to Paris in 1870?

5. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?

(see the answer key)

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