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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. Where was Morse working a great deal of the time during his stay in Paris?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Palace Royale.
(c) The Sorbonne.
(d) École des Beaux-Arts.

2. What was the largest hospital in Paris in the 1830s?
(a) Hotel Dieu.
(b) Ecole de Medecine.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) St. Catherine's.

3. Who was it who came to believe there was something distinctive in an American face that he could pick out in a crowd?
(a) Samuel Morse.
(b) Nathaniel Willis.
(c) George Healy.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper.

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

5. What is the Louvre?
(a) A medical school.
(b) An art musuem.
(c) An architecture school.
(d) An art school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?

3. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?

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

5. Who was one of many artists who had come to Paris before the exodus of the 1830s?

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