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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 was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?
(a) Sally Foster Otis.
(b) Mary Cassatt.
(c) Lucretia Morse.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

2. What was one of the great virtues of Morse's project, Gallery of the Louvre?
(a) It shows a great number of masterworks all together.
(b) It shows a great number of American visitors to Paris.
(c) It shows a rare portrait of James Fenimore Cooper.
(d) It shows a view of the Louvre many people will never see.

3. What was Charles Stratton's stage name?
(a) Tom Thumb.
(b) Andre the Giant.
(c) Tiny Tim.
(d) The Rock.

4. What was the draw of Galignani's for many visiting Americans in Paris?
(a) It was a delightful restaurant.
(b) It was a art store friendly to visiting Americans.
(c) It was a cheap department store.
(d) It was an English bookstore, a gathering place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was P.T.Barnum?

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

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

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

5. Where was Morse working a great deal of the time during his stay in Paris?

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