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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 did John Singer Sargent pay his expenses early in his career?
(a) His wife's money.
(b) His father's money.
(c) Working as a teacher.
(d) His mother's money.

2. What happened when Lillie Moulton attempted to get a passport in March of 1871?
(a) She was denied.
(b) She was disrespected.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She was arrested.

3. Who was Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An art master.
(c) A medical professor.
(d) A writer.

4. What was the largest building in America in the 1830s?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Sears Tower.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The Capitol in Washington.

5. What fellow artist did Augustus Saint-Gaudens often exchange work with?
(a) George Healy.
(b) Carroll Beckwith.
(c) John Singer Sargent.
(d) Mary Cassatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Charles Stratton unique?

2. For what reasons did Gussie often avoid social situations early in her marriage?

3. What country denied a patent to Morse for his new invention in 1837?

4. For shat portrait did George Healy win his first medal at the Paris Salon?

5. Why did Victor Hugo move to Belgium in 1851?

(see the answer key)

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