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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 did reviewers of James Fenimore Cooper's writing often compare his eye for description to?
(a) That of a child.
(b) That of a perfectionist.
(c) That of a painter.
(d) That of a blind man.

2. Who was the American minister to Paris in 1787?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) John Adams.

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

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

5. Besides creating portraits, what other means of making money did Samuel Morse pursue before moving to Paris?
(a) Writing.
(b) Inventing.
(c) Preaching.
(d) Teaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Americans find unusual about the length of a day in Paris?

2. What household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?

3. Who was Louis Napoleon?

4. Why was Charles Stratton unique?

5. To what college did Samuel Morse go?

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