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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 is the only one of New England's immortals, famous writers and intellectuals, who never went to Paris?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Herman Melville.
(c) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(d) Henry Thoreau.

2. What was the profession of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' father?
(a) Architect.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Shoe store owner.
(d) Janitor.

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

4. Where was Mary Cassatt born?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Georgia.

5. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?
(a) David Farragut.
(b) Samuel Morse.
(c) John Sanderson.
(d) Melancthon T. Woolsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?

2. What did the American minister to Paris do in the wake of King Louis-Phillipe's abdication?

3. What were the June Days of 1848?

4. How large is Webster's Reply to Hayne by George Healy?

5. What was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?

(see the answer key)

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