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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Morse working a great deal of the time during his stay in Paris?
(a) École des Beaux-Arts.
(b) The Sorbonne.
(c) The Palace Royale.
(d) The Louvre.

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

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

4. What were omnibuses?
(a) Large wheelchairs.
(b) Giant, horse-drawn public conveyances.
(c) Double rider bikes.
(d) Double-decker boats that traveled the Seine.

5. What language did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte prefer to speak when he did not want people to understand what he was saying?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Russian.

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

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

8. How did James Jackson Jr. die?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Cancer.

9. What was the first news article to appear about the daguerreotype in the United States?
(a) Morse's account of a visit with Daguerre that his brothers had published.
(b) A daguerreotype sent to the New York Observer by Morse.
(c) An article written by a friend of Daguerre for the New York Observer.
(d) An article written by Daguerre.

10. To whom does the author of this book compare James Fenimore Cooper's popularity in Paris?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Abigail Adams.

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

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

13. Who is Natty Bumppo?
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes' cousin.
(b) George Healy's uncle.
(c) A character in several James Fenimore Cooper's novels.
(d) Samuel Morse's daughter.

14. What requirement did the Ecole de Medecine have that American medical schools did not?
(a) A high school degree.
(b) A recommendation from a practicing doctor.
(c) A college degree.
(d) A PhD.

15. What was the draw of Galignani's for many visiting Americans in Paris?
(a) It was a delightful restaurant.
(b) It was an English bookstore, a gathering place.
(c) It was a art store friendly to visiting Americans.
(d) It was a cheap department store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was P.T.Barnum?

2. Why was Charles Stratton unique?

3. What did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte say was his power?

4. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?

5. Who was Antoine Gros?

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