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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: Voila Paris!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what college did Samuel Morse go?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Columbia.

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

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

4. Who was the American minister to Paris in 1787?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) John Adams.

5. What is the Louvre?
(a) An architecture school.
(b) An art school.
(c) An art musuem.
(d) A medical school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?

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

3. Who was Benjamin Franklin?

4. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say was one of the chief draws of Paris to young men?

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

(see the answer key)

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