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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: American Sensations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was thought to be a cause for the spread of diseases such as cholera?
(a) Eating outdoors.
(b) Too many baths.
(c) A lack of proper hygiene and sanitation.
(d) Under cooked food.

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

3. What household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Fish.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Cats.

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

5. How did theater help Americans learn French?
(a) The words were spoken slower than in everyday conversation.
(b) The drama forced them to know French to understand the plot.
(c) Hearing the language constantly helped them figure out the words.
(d) They would bring an English copy of the play to follow along.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Samuel Morse's wife, Lucretia, die?

2. Where was the first children's hospital opened?

3. What was the largest building in America in the 1830s?

4. What is the Louvre?

5. What did James Fenimore Cooper mean when he said France was a country of dirt and gilding?

(see the answer key)

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