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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what illness did Mary Cassatt's sister, Lydia, suffer?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Muscular dystrophy.
(c) Bright's disease.
(d) Diabetes.

2. How many siblings did Mary Cassatt have?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. How did Saint-Gaudens meet White?
(a) At the Louvre in Paris.
(b) At the German Savings Bank.
(c) While working on Trinity Church in Boston.
(d) While studying in Boston.

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

5. Who was John Singer Sargent?
(a) Actor.
(b) Composer.
(c) Artist.
(d) Writer.

6. Who seized more than a hundred cannon and fortified themselves on the heights of Montmartre?
(a) National Guard of France.
(b) Italian army.
(c) American Marines.
(d) German army.

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

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

9. Did the political catastrophes of 1870-71 stop the influx of Americans to Paris?
(a) Only for a few months.
(b) Only for a year.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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

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

12. Where did Augustus Saint-Gaudens teach art for a time?
(a) Julliard.
(b) New York University.
(c) The Art Students League.
(d) Columbia University.

13. What habit did Saint-Gaudens' teachers have that he carried on into his own work?
(a) Working in complete silence.
(b) Reciting poetry while working.
(c) Singing as they worked.
(d) Working without companionship.

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

15. What was Vernon Lee's real name?
(a) Violet Parker.
(b) Violet Paget.
(c) Virginia Lester.
(d) Virginia Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the quickest killer of those locked in Paris during the siege?

2. Where did Mary Putnam spend one night during the barrage of the Left Bank?

3. What famous work did John Singer Sargent create during the early part of the 20th century?

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

5. Who was Raoul Rigault?

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