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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: The Farragut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Did the political catastrophes of 1870-71 stop the influx of Americans to Paris?
(a) Only for a year.
(b) No.
(c) Only for a few months.
(d) Yes.

2. What was the overwhelming feeling of most Americans who were stuck in Paris during the siege?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Relief.

3. What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) A nonfiction book about slavery.
(b) A book of short stories.
(c) A fictional novel about slavery.
(d) A book of poetry.

4. Why did James Fenimore Cooper not leave Paris at the beginning of the cholera outbreak?
(a) He was wife was expecting another child.
(b) He was ill, as was his wife.
(c) He did not think it would affect him.
(d) He did not want to leave his friend, Morse.

5. Who is the only one of New England's immortals, famous writers and intellectuals, who never went to Paris?
(a) Herman Melville.
(b) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(c) Henry Thoreau.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Samuel Morse's wife, Lucretia, die?

2. How did Antoine Gros die?

3. What did Charles Sumner find surprising about the Sorbonne?

4. Who commonly wore cameos during the time in which Saint-Gaudens was an apprentice in the art of cutting cameos?

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

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