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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among the works Saint-Gaudens created during his final days in Paris, which portrayed a controversial Civil War figure still living who posed for several sittings for Saint-Gaudens to create a bust to help int he creation of a statue?
(a) Farragut.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Grant.

2. How old was Mary Cassatt when she made her debut as an Impressionist?
(a) 44.
(b) 21.
(c) 31.
(d) 34.

3. How old was Augustus Saint-Gaudens when his father apprenticed him to a cameo cutter?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirteen.

4. What medium did Saint-Gaudens use to create the initial image of Farragut for the memorial?
(a) Clay.
(b) Copper.
(c) Iron.
(d) Plaster.

5. Where did Mary Putnam spend one night during the barrage of the Left Bank?
(a) Under the Pantheon.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) The banks of the Siene.
(d) The Sorbonne.

6. What was the overwhelming feeling of most Americans who were stuck in Paris during the siege?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Relief.

7. Who designed Lady Liberty?
(a) Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
(b) Auguste Bartholdi.
(c) George Healy.
(d) Gustave Eiffel.

8. How many love affairs did Saint-Gaudens admit to having in his Reminiscences before meeting Gussie?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

9. Who descended on the Moulton Estate on May 9, 1871?
(a) Communards.
(b) German military.
(c) Communists.
(d) Police.

10. Who commonly wore cameos during the time in which Saint-Gaudens was an apprentice in the art of cutting cameos?
(a) Men.
(b) Artists.
(c) Women.
(d) Actors.

11. At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, Saint-Gaudens created what?
(a) Designs for the Presidential seal.
(b) Designs for United States gold coinage.
(c) Designs for United States paper money.
(d) Designs for the CIA's logo.

12. What social pastime did Augustus Saint-Gaudens greatly enjoy?
(a) Theater.
(b) Opera.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Dining out.

13. Where did Washburne get his legal degree?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Yale.
(c) New York University.
(d) Harvard.

14. How old was John Singer Sargent when he knew what he wanted to be?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Sixteen.

15. What is an atelier?
(a) Art workshop.
(b) Art teacher.
(c) Art critic.
(d) Art studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Saint-Gaudens meet White?

2. Who was Stanford White?

3. Who was among the artists that John Singer Sargent admired?

4. From what illness did Mary Cassatt's sister, Lydia, suffer?

5. What was considered the most important aspect of a cameo's success?

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