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

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

3. Who did Mrs. Willard have a visit with upon arriving in Paris?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) General Lafayette.
(c) Samuel Morse.
(d) King Louis-Phillipe.

4. What did many Americans quickly discover about the economy in France as compared to America?
(a) The economy in France was less stable than America.
(b) Taxes in France were much higher.
(c) The cost of living in France was much lower than America.
(d) Incomes in France were much lower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Sorbonne?

2. What was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?

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

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

5. What was Emma Willard's profession?

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