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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fourteen: Au Revoir, Paris!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) An artist.
(b) A judge.
(c) A writer.
(d) A historian.

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

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

4. What famous work did John Singer Sargent create during the early part of the 20th century?
(a) A mural at Madison Square Gardens.
(b) A portrait of John Quincy Adams.
(c) The murals at the Boston Public Library.
(d) The portrait of Madame X.

5. What ailment left Gussie Saint-Gaudens feeling isolated late in life?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Muteness.
(d) Diabetes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were omnibuses?

2. What happened on February 22, 1847?

3. Why did Washburne move to Paris in 1870?

4. What did Washburne think of pronouncements from the government at Versailles?

5. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?

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