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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. How old was John Singer Sargent when he knew what he wanted to be?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirteen.

2. What was the quickest killer of those locked in Paris during the siege?
(a) Disease.
(b) Battle wounds.
(c) Gun fire.
(d) Suicide.

3. How did Charles Moulton amuse the invaders at his home in May of 1871?
(a) By refusing to allow them to take his animals.
(b) By faking a heart attack.
(c) By singing to the invaders.
(d) By badly mispronouncing his French.

4. What did the American minister to Paris do in the wake of King Louis-Phillipe's abdication?
(a) Recognized the new government.
(b) Waited for orders from the President.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Ordered all Americans to leave the country.

5. What religion did Gussie Saint-Gaudens' parents assume her new husband was based on the nationality of his parents?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Mormon.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Louvre?

2. What did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte say was his power?

3. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?

4. What was the largest hospital in Paris in the 1830s?

5. With whom did Mary Cassatt study art?

(see the answer key)

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