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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded Cooperstown in New York?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper's father.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) James Fenimore Cooper's son.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper's grandfather.

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

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

4. What American was good friends with Louis Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper.
(b) Dr. Thomas Evans.
(c) George Healy.
(d) Samuel Morse.

5. What took place on September 2, 1851?
(a) A natural disaster.
(b) An execution.
(c) A protest march.
(d) A coup.

6. To where was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte exiled in the 1830s after a failed to overthrow King Louis-Phillipe?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) United States.
(d) Germany.

7. 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 view of the Louvre many people will never see.
(d) It shows a great number of American visitors to Paris.

8. What type of people did John Collins Warren offer his son upon his journey to Paris?
(a) To avoid those who did not attend church regularly.
(b) To embrace those with similar tastes.
(c) To embrace those of a serious mind like his own.
(d) To avoid those fond of theaters and dissipation.

9. What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
(a) A fictional novel about slavery.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) A nonfiction book about slavery.
(d) A book of short stories.

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

11. Who attacked and beat Charles Sumner to such a degree that he would have pain for much of the rest of his life?
(a) Naval officer William Lynch.
(b) His wife.
(c) Congressman Brooks.
(d) A mugger on the street.

12. By what title was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte often referred?
(a) Prince-President.
(b) King-President.
(c) Little Prince.
(d) Prince-King.

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

14. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) A judge.
(b) An artist.
(c) A writer.
(d) A historian.

15. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?
(a) The food.
(b) The roads.
(c) The vehicles.
(d) The accomadations.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Morse was twenty-eight, who commissioned him for a portrait?

2. Why did Samuel Morse wish to go to Paris in the 1830s?

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

4. Who was P.T.Barnum?

5. How did theater help Americans learn French?

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