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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 household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Hamsters.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cats.

2. Who founded Cooperstown in New York?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper's father.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) James Fenimore Cooper's grandfather.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper's son.

3. What took place on September 2, 1851?
(a) A coup.
(b) A natural disaster.
(c) A protest march.
(d) An execution.

4. How did James Jackson Jr. die?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Typhoid fever.

5. From what illness did Mary Cassatt's sister, Lydia, suffer?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Muscular dystrophy.
(c) Bright's disease.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?

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

3. Who marched into Paris on March 1, 1871?

4. Did the political catastrophes of 1870-71 stop the influx of Americans to Paris?

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

(see the answer key)

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