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

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

3. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?
(a) From gossip.
(b) From the styles and art of Paris.
(c) From the newspapers and literature.
(d) From previous travels.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?

3. What is a brig as described in Chapter 1?

4. What did many Americans quickly discover about the economy in France as compared to America?

5. What was Emma Willard's profession?

(see the answer key)

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