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

2. What was Emma Willard's profession?
(a) Schoolmistress and textbook writer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor in training.
(d) Artist.

3. What was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?
(a) Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers.
(b) The Ways of the Hour.
(c) The Deerslayer.
(d) The Last of the Mohicans.

4. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?
(a) Many showed acts considered vulgar to Americans.
(b) Many were nudes.
(c) Many showed children in unusual situations.
(d) Many displayed horrific battle scenes.

5. How far was the trip from La Havre to Paris?
(a) 150 miles.
(b) 110 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?

2. Who does the author mention suffered terrible seasickness on his journey to Paris?

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

4. What is the Louvre?

5. To what college did Samuel Morse go?

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