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

2. For what reasons did Gussie often avoid social situations early in her marriage?
(a) She did not like Augustus' friends.
(b) She did not like the French.
(c) She was hard of hearing and knew little French.
(d) She was claustrophobic.

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

4. What was Emma Willard's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Artist.
(c) Schoolmistress and textbook writer.
(d) Doctor in training.

5. What huge political event was taking place when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a cameo cutter apprentice?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The Spanish-American War.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The American Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Benjamin Franklin?

2. Who seized more than a hundred cannon and fortified themselves on the heights of Montmartre?

3. Who was Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand?

4. What happened to the government of France on April 4, 1871?

5. What is an atelier?

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