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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Change at Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the June Days of 1848?
(a) A month of peace during the new revolution.
(b) The beginning of war with Germany.
(c) The first days of the new republic in France.
(d) Four days of horrendous fighting.

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

3. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
(a) A French aristocrat and American Revolutionary hero.
(b) Leader of the French government.
(c) A French theater star.
(d) Cousin to the French king.

4. What requirement did the Ecole de Medecine have that American medical schools did not?
(a) A PhD.
(b) A college degree.
(c) A high school degree.
(d) A recommendation from a practicing doctor.

5. What does abdicate mean?
(a) To relinquish power formally.
(b) To agree to political demands.
(c) To be fired.
(d) To retire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession was Elizabeth Blackwell a member of?

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

3. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?

4. What were omnibuses?

5. Why did Charles Sumner climb the four hundred steps to the top of Notre Dame?

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