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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How large is Webster's Reply to Hayne by George Healy?
(a) 6 x 9 feet.
(b) 30 x 27 feet.
(c) 10 x 14 feet.
(d) 15 x 27 feet.

2. What political office did people want Washburne to run for after he left Paris?
(a) President.
(b) Congress.
(c) Governor.
(d) State senate.

3. What country denied a patent to Morse for his new invention in 1837?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

4. To whom does the author of this book compare James Fenimore Cooper's popularity in Paris?
(a) Abigail Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) John Adams.

5. 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 blind man.
(d) That of a painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did James Fenimore Cooper not leave Paris at the beginning of the cholera outbreak?

2. What was considered the most important aspect of a cameo's success?

3. What was the profession of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' father?

4. Who attacked and beat Charles Sumner to such a degree that he would have pain for much of the rest of his life?

5. Who was it who came to believe there was something distinctive in an American face that he could pick out in a crowd?

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