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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. 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.

2. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?
(a) Sally Foster Otis.
(b) Lucretia Morse.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Mary Cassatt.

3. When Morse was twenty-eight, who commissioned him for a portrait?
(a) James Monroe.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

4. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) A writer.
(b) An artist.
(c) A historian.
(d) A judge.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?

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

4. What is the Louvre?

5. What was Emma Willard's profession?

(see the answer key)

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