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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 a world rich in history.
(b) That it was both filthy and filled with beauty.
(c) That it was poor and wealthy.
(d) That it was filled with complex people.

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

3. What problem did American doctors, and/or their patients, have in regards to female patients that was not shared by their Paris equivalent in 1830?
(a) A lack of respect for the particular ailments of women.
(b) A lack of understanding about female anatomy.
(c) Lack of concern for the conditions centering on pregnancy.
(d) Lack of freedom to examine female patients.

4. What were omnibuses?
(a) Large wheelchairs.
(b) Giant, horse-drawn public conveyances.
(c) Double rider bikes.
(d) Double-decker boats that traveled the Seine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?

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

3. What did Charles Sumner find surprising about the Sorbonne?

4. What did his teacher, Pierre-Charles--Alexandre Louis, encourage James Jackson, Jr. to pursue in his medical education?

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

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