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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. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?
(a) To learn from Parisian artists.
(b) To further his education.
(c) To join friends.
(d) To vacation.

2. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Columbia.
(c) New York University.
(d) Yale.

3. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?
(a) To visit his parents.
(b) To paint John Quincy Adams.
(c) To paint Andrew Jackson.
(d) To paint a copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington.

4. What was considered the most important aspect of a cameo's success?
(a) Design.
(b) Size.
(c) Color.
(d) Texture.

5. Where did Washburne make his first stand as a lawyer?
(a) Illinois.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) New York.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Mary Cassatt study art?

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

3. What were the June Days of 1848?

4. What is a brig as described in Chapter 1?

5. Who attacked and beat Charles Sumner to such a degree that he would have pain for much of the rest of his life?

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