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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason did Healy travel to Germany in 1876?
(a) To visit friends.
(b) To paint Otto von Bismarck.
(c) To attend a new art class.
(d) To paint a landscape.

2. Who was Louis Saint-Gaudens?
(a) Gussie's brother.
(b) Augustus' brother.
(c) Augustus' cousin.
(d) Gussie's father-in-law.

3. What did Washburne think of pronouncements from the government at Versailles?
(a) It was rubbish.
(b) It was the law.
(c) It was ridiculous.
(d) It was very smart.

4. Where did Parisians receive news of the battles taking place throughout the countryside during the days leading up to the siege of Paris?
(a) Telegraph.
(b) Incoming casualties.
(c) Word of mouth.
(d) Newspapers.

5. What political office did people want Washburne to run for after he left Paris?
(a) Governor.
(b) President.
(c) Congress.
(d) State senate.

6. Where did Washburne make his first stand as a lawyer?
(a) Illinois.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) North Carolina.

7. What was the quickest killer of those locked in Paris during the siege?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Gun fire.
(c) Disease.
(d) Battle wounds.

8. What famous work did John Singer Sargent create during the early part of the 20th century?
(a) The portrait of Madame X.
(b) A portrait of John Quincy Adams.
(c) A mural at Madison Square Gardens.
(d) The murals at the Boston Public Library.

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

10. Who was Raoul Rigault?
(a) Chief of Police in Paris.
(b) The new President of Paris.
(c) The new King of Paris.
(d) Head of the Paris Commune.

11. Who was Richard Morris Hunt?
(a) A French architect.
(b) An American architect.
(c) An American politician.
(d) A French writer.

12. What episode seems to have created some discord in Saint-Gaudens marriage in 1889?
(a) A very public affair on Saint-Gaudens' part.
(b) The death of their son, Homer.
(c) The birth of a son to Davida Clark, Saint-Gaudens' mistress.
(d) An affair with Adams on Gussie's part.

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

14. How did John Singer Sargent pay his expenses early in his career?
(a) His mother's money.
(b) His father's money.
(c) His wife's money.
(d) Working as a teacher.

15. Who discovered artist James Earle Fraser?
(a) John Singer Sargent.
(b) Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
(c) George Healy.
(d) Samuel Morse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Stanford White?

2. Why did Saint-Gaudens apply to create the Farragut memorial?

3. How high above New York Harbor does the torch on Lady Liberty stand?

4. Who marched into Paris on March 1, 1871?

5. Of what battle was Admiral David Galsgow Farragut best remembered?

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