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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. Who does the author mention suffered terrible seasickness on his journey to Paris?
(a) Charles Sumner.
(b) George Healy.
(c) John Fenimore Cooper.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

2. What American building did Pierre-Charles L'Enfant design?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) The White House.
(c) The Capitol.
(d) The Pentagon.

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

4. Who was Benjamin Franklin?
(a) A French immigrant.
(b) An American diplomat, politician, writer, and inventor.
(c) A French teacher.
(d) An American artist in Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the American minister to Paris in 1787?

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

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

5. When Morse was twenty-eight, who commissioned him for a portrait?

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