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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 was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?
(a) The Last of the Mohicans.
(b) The Deerslayer.
(c) The Ways of the Hour.
(d) Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers.

2. What American building did Pierre-Charles L'Enfant design?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) The Capitol.
(c) The White House.
(d) The Pentagon.

3. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?
(a) To further his studies.
(b) Poor health.
(c) To visit old friends.
(d) To show it to his children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Washburne win election into the Congress?

2. What did his teacher, Pierre-Charles--Alexandre Louis, encourage James Jackson, Jr. to pursue in his medical education?

3. In 1919, Gussie Saint-Gaudens had what turned into the Saint-Gaudens Memorial?

4. What episode seems to have created some discord in Saint-Gaudens marriage in 1889?

5. What was the overwhelming feeling of most Americans who were stuck in Paris during the siege?

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