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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. Which two famous artists in Paris were impacted by the fire in Chicago in 1871?
(a) Mary Cassatt and Samuel Morse.
(b) George Healy and Samuel Morse.
(c) George Catlin and Henri Pill.
(d) George Healy and Mary Cassatt.

2. How did theater help Americans learn French?
(a) They would bring an English copy of the play to follow along.
(b) Hearing the language constantly helped them figure out the words.
(c) The drama forced them to know French to understand the plot.
(d) The words were spoken slower than in everyday conversation.

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

4. What was considered the grandest and most exuberant expression of the Second Empire opulence?
(a) Theatre de l'Opera.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) Les Halles.
(d) Place du Pantheon.

5. What is the Louvre?
(a) An art musuem.
(b) A medical school.
(c) An art school.
(d) An architecture school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Elizabeth Blackwell go to Paris?

2. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?

3. What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

4. For whose release did Washburne fight for in April of 1871?

5. What were omnibuses?

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