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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. Who commonly wore cameos during the time in which Saint-Gaudens was an apprentice in the art of cutting cameos?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Actors.
(d) Artists.

2. What did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte say was his power?
(a) His name.
(b) His looks.
(c) His charm.
(d) His family history.

3. What problem did American doctors, and/or their patients, have in regards to female patients that was not shared by their Paris equivalent in 1830?
(a) A lack of understanding about female anatomy.
(b) Lack of freedom to examine female patients.
(c) A lack of respect for the particular ailments of women.
(d) Lack of concern for the conditions centering on pregnancy.

4. What was Charles Stratton's stage name?
(a) Tiny Tim.
(b) Tom Thumb.
(c) Andre the Giant.
(d) The Rock.

5. Who taught Elihu Latin?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of artist did George Healy long to be?

2. Where did Washburne get his legal degree?

3. Who was Benjamin Franklin?

4. How did theater help Americans learn French?

5. Why did Samuel Morse wish to go to Paris in the 1830s?

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