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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) New York University.

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

3. Who was P.T.Barnum?
(a) A French showman.
(b) A New York doctor.
(c) A New York showman.
(d) A French artist.

4. 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 freedom to examine female patients.
(b) Lack of concern for the conditions centering on pregnancy.
(c) A lack of respect for the particular ailments of women.
(d) A lack of understanding about female anatomy.

5. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?
(a) To paint Andrew Jackson.
(b) To paint John Quincy Adams.
(c) To visit his parents.
(d) To paint a copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington.

6. Why did Victor Hugo move to Belgium in 1851?
(a) To join his family.
(b) To escape prosecution.
(c) To aid his health.
(d) To have the freedom to speak his mind about the new French government.

7. How far was the trip from La Havre to Paris?
(a) 150 miles.
(b) 110 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

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

9. 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) Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers.
(d) The Ways of the Hour.

10. What was thought to be a cause for the spread of diseases such as cholera?
(a) Eating outdoors.
(b) Under cooked food.
(c) A lack of proper hygiene and sanitation.
(d) Too many baths.

11. What is the Louvre?
(a) An art school.
(b) An art musuem.
(c) An architecture school.
(d) A medical school.

12. What were the June Days of 1848?
(a) The beginning of war with Germany.
(b) A month of peace during the new revolution.
(c) Four days of horrendous fighting.
(d) The first days of the new republic in France.

13. How did theater help Americans learn French?
(a) The drama forced them to know French to understand the plot.
(b) They would bring an English copy of the play to follow along.
(c) Hearing the language constantly helped them figure out the words.
(d) The words were spoken slower than in everyday conversation.

14. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?
(a) Lucretia Morse.
(b) Sally Foster Otis.
(c) Mary Cassatt.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.

15. How large is Webster's Reply to Hayne by George Healy?
(a) 10 x 14 feet.
(b) 6 x 9 feet.
(c) 30 x 27 feet.
(d) 15 x 27 feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the first news article to appear about the daguerreotype in the United States?

3. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes stress that the ability to dissect a human corpse was a unique and deeply important part of his French medical training?

4. What invention did Samuel Morse create that changed communications throughout the world?

5. What did reviewers of James Fenimore Cooper's writing often compare his eye for description to?

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