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

2. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say was one of the chief draws of Paris to young men?
(a) The large number of single women.
(b) The immense number of churches in the city.
(c) Social freedoms.
(d) The availability of cheap education.

3. What fashion among male Parisians did John Sanderson criticize during his time in Paris?
(a) High pompadour haircuts.
(b) Oversized shirts.
(c) Blousy slacks.
(d) Beards and mustaches.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?

4. What was the draw of Galignani's for many visiting Americans in Paris?

5. What was Emma Willard's profession?

(see the answer key)

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