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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: The Medicals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did James Fenimore Cooper mean when he said France was a country of dirt and gilding?
(a) That it was both filthy and filled with beauty.
(b) That it was a world rich in history.
(c) That it was poor and wealthy.
(d) That it was filled with complex people.

2. Why did James Fenimore Cooper not leave Paris at the beginning of the cholera outbreak?
(a) He did not want to leave his friend, Morse.
(b) He was ill, as was his wife.
(c) He did not think it would affect him.
(d) He was wife was expecting another child.

3. What fashion among male Parisians did John Sanderson criticize during his time in Paris?
(a) Beards and mustaches.
(b) Blousy slacks.
(c) High pompadour haircuts.
(d) Oversized shirts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Samuel Morse wish to go to Paris in the 1830s?

3. What is the Louvre?

4. Who was it who came to believe there was something distinctive in an American face that he could pick out in a crowd?

5. What type of artist did George Healy long to be?

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