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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 was the largest building in America in the 1830s?
(a) The Capitol in Washington.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The White House.
(d) The Sears Tower.

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

3. Who was P.T.Barnum?
(a) A French showman.
(b) A New York doctor.
(c) A New York showman.
(d) A French artist.

4. Who was one of many artists who had come to Paris before the exodus of the 1830s?
(a) Degas.
(b) Picasso.
(c) John Trumbull.
(d) Grandma Moses.

5. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?
(a) To visit his parents.
(b) To paint John Quincy Adams.
(c) To paint Andrew Jackson.
(d) To paint a copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did theater help Americans learn French?

2. Who was Louis Napoleon?

3. What is Morse Code?

4. How large is Webster's Reply to Hayne by George Healy?

5. Who was Richard Rush?

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