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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 type of artist did George Healy long to be?
(a) A portrait painter.
(b) A cameo maker.
(c) A sculptor.
(d) A landscape painter.

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

3. What household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Hamsters.

4. What were omnibuses?
(a) Giant, horse-drawn public conveyances.
(b) Double-decker boats that traveled the Seine.
(c) Double rider bikes.
(d) Large wheelchairs.

5. Why did Charles Sumner climb the four hundred steps to the top of Notre Dame?
(a) To get exercise.
(b) To see all of Paris below it.
(c) To prove he could.
(d) To see the cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Willard have a visit with upon arriving in Paris?

2. What did Americans find unusual about the length of a day in Paris?

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

4. What fashion among male Parisians did John Sanderson criticize during his time in Paris?

5. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?

(see the answer key)

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