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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. What happened to the government of France on April 4, 1871?
(a) The Commune was impeached.
(b) The Commune was all murdered.
(c) The Commune appointed a dictator.
(d) The Commune elected a new president.

2. How did Samuel Morse's wife, Lucretia, die?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Smallpox.

3. What was considered the grandest and most exuberant expression of the Second Empire opulence?
(a) Place du Pantheon.
(b) Les Halles.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) Theatre de l'Opera.

4. What profession was Elizabeth Blackwell a member of?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Education.
(d) Art.

5. What did James Fenimore Cooper mean when he said France was a country of dirt and gilding?
(a) That it was a world rich in history.
(b) That it was poor and wealthy.
(c) That it was both filthy and filled with beauty.
(d) That it was filled with complex people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the great virtues of Morse's project, Gallery of the Louvre?

2. Where did Augustus Saint-Gaudens teach art for a time?

3. Who was John Singer Sargent?

4. Who taught Elihu Latin?

5. What famous politician was a friend of Washburne's?

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