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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?
(a) A writer.
(b) An artist.
(c) A historian.
(d) A judge.
2. Who is Natty Bumppo?
(a) George Healy's uncle.
(b) A character in several James Fenimore Cooper's novels.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes' cousin.
(d) Samuel Morse's daughter.
3. Why did Samuel Morse wish to go to Paris in the 1830s?
(a) To meet a suitable woman to marry.
(b) To study.
(c) To write.
(d) To be free of responsibility.
4. What language did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte prefer to speak when he did not want people to understand what he was saying?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) Russian.
5. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?
(a) Many showed children in unusual situations.
(b) Many displayed horrific battle scenes.
(c) Many were nudes.
(d) Many showed acts considered vulgar to Americans.
6. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
(a) A French theater star.
(b) Leader of the French government.
(c) A French aristocrat and American Revolutionary hero.
(d) Cousin to the French king.
7. 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?
(a) It allowed him to see the differences in female and male anatomy.
(b) It allowed him to get used to touching a patient.
(c) It allowed him to see every part of human anatomy.
(d) It allowed him to practice surgical techniques.
8. Who was P.T.Barnum?
(a) A New York doctor.
(b) A French showman.
(c) A New York showman.
(d) A French artist.
9. What was Emma Willard's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Schoolmistress and textbook writer.
(c) Artist.
(d) Doctor in training.
10. When Morse was twenty-eight, who commissioned him for a portrait?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) James Monroe.
11. 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) To visit old friends.
(c) Poor health.
(d) To show it to his children.
12. Besides creating portraits, what other means of making money did Samuel Morse pursue before moving to Paris?
(a) Writing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Inventing.
(d) Preaching.
13. What was Charles Stratton's stage name?
(a) Tom Thumb.
(b) Andre the Giant.
(c) The Rock.
(d) Tiny Tim.
14. What did Healy use to get some of the faces in his painting, Webster's Repy to Hayne, correct?
(a) Other portraits.
(b) Daguerreotype.
(c) Sketches.
(d) His memory.
15. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?
(a) To vacation.
(b) To learn from Parisian artists.
(c) To join friends.
(d) To further his education.
Short Answer Questions
1. What profession was Elizabeth Blackwell a member of?
2. For shat portrait did George Healy win his first medal at the Paris Salon?
3. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?
4. Where was the first children's hospital opened?
5. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?
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