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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 type of people did John Collins Warren offer his son upon his journey to Paris?
(a) To avoid those fond of theaters and dissipation.
(b) To avoid those who did not attend church regularly.
(c) To embrace those with similar tastes.
(d) To embrace those of a serious mind like his own.

2. Who was Raoul Rigault?
(a) The new President of Paris.
(b) Head of the Paris Commune.
(c) The new King of Paris.
(d) Chief of Police in Paris.

3. What was the largest hospital in Paris in the 1830s?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Ecole de Medecine.
(c) Hotel Dieu.
(d) St. Catherine's.

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

5. Where did Washburne make his first stand as a lawyer?
(a) Illinois.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) New York.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American building did Pierre-Charles L'Enfant design?

2. What experience did Washburne have before being sent to Paris?

3. Why did James Fenimore Cooper not leave Paris at the beginning of the cholera outbreak?

4. On what committee did Washburne serve as chairman?

5. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?

(see the answer key)

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