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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. Who does the author mention suffered terrible seasickness on his journey to Paris?
(a) Charles Sumner.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) George Healy.
(d) John Fenimore Cooper.

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

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

4. What two specialties did the Ecole de Medecine offer its students?
(a) Surgery and general medicine.
(b) Surgery and gynecology.
(c) Surgery and pediatrics.
(d) General medicine and geriatric medicine.

5. What is a brig as described in Chapter 1?
(a) A single-masted round rigged ship that carried passengers.
(b) A cruise ship.
(c) A two-masted square-rigged ship that carried cargo.
(d) A millitary jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Natty Bumppo?

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

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

4. To what college did Samuel Morse go?

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

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