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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) An art school.
(b) A medical school.
(c) An architecture school.
(d) An art musuem.

2. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Artist.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What American building did Pierre-Charles L'Enfant design?

2. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?

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

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

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

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