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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 painting did John Singer Sargent create of his art teacher?
(a) Diana.
(b) Farragut.
(c) Carolus-Duran.
(d) Madame X.

2. What was one of the great virtues of Morse's project, Gallery of the Louvre?
(a) It shows a rare portrait of James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) It shows a great number of masterworks all together.
(c) It shows a great number of American visitors to Paris.
(d) It shows a view of the Louvre many people will never see.

3. What does abdicate mean?
(a) To relinquish power formally.
(b) To be fired.
(c) To agree to political demands.
(d) To retire.

4. What religion did Gussie Saint-Gaudens' parents assume her new husband was based on the nationality of his parents?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Mormon.

5. What problem did American doctors, and/or their patients, have in regards to female patients that was not shared by their Paris equivalent in 1830?
(a) Lack of concern for the conditions centering on pregnancy.
(b) A lack of respect for the particular ailments of women.
(c) A lack of understanding about female anatomy.
(d) Lack of freedom to examine female patients.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides creating portraits, what other means of making money did Samuel Morse pursue before moving to Paris?

2. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?

3. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?

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

5. Why did Saint-Gaudens apply to create the Farragut memorial?

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