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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 social pastime did Augustus Saint-Gaudens greatly enjoy?
(a) Theater.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Opera.
(d) Dining out.

2. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?
(a) From previous travels.
(b) From the newspapers and literature.
(c) From gossip.
(d) From the styles and art of Paris.

3. What experience did Washburne have before being sent to Paris?
(a) Congress committees dealing with foreign affairs.
(b) Congress committees dealing with French affairs.
(c) None.
(d) Ministry in Italy.

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

5. Why did Washburne move to Paris in 1870?
(a) He was exiled from America.
(b) To teach.
(c) For education.
(d) He was the new American minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?

2. Who was the American minister to Paris in 1787?

3. What profession did Augustus Saint-Gaudens' uncle have?

4. What group of artists did Mary Cassatt embrace in 1875?

5. From what illness did Mary Cassatt's sister, Lydia, suffer?

(see the answer key)

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