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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten: Madness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What took place on September 2, 1851?
(a) A natural disaster.
(b) A protest march.
(c) A coup.
(d) An execution.

2. What happened to the government of France on April 4, 1871?
(a) The Commune was impeached.
(b) The Commune was all murdered.
(c) The Commune elected a new president.
(d) The Commune appointed a dictator.

3. 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 painter.
(c) That of a perfectionist.
(d) That of a blind man.

4. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?
(a) Poor health.
(b) To further his studies.
(c) To visit old friends.
(d) To show it to his children.

5. Who founded Cooperstown in New York?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper's grandfather.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper's father.
(c) James Fenimore Cooper.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte exiled in the 1830s after a failed to overthrow King Louis-Phillipe?

2. What was the quickest killer of those locked in Paris during the siege?

3. What huge political event was taking place when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a cameo cutter apprentice?

4. What was considered the grandest and most exuberant expression of the Second Empire opulence?

5. Who does the author mention suffered terrible seasickness on his journey to Paris?

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