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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ailment left Gussie Saint-Gaudens feeling isolated late in life?
(a) Muteness.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Blindness.

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

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

4. How high above New York Harbor does the torch on Lady Liberty stand?
(a) 300 feet.
(b) 350 feet.
(c) 240 feet.
(d) 200 feet.

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

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

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

8. What experience did Washburne have before being sent to Paris?
(a) Congress committees dealing with foreign affairs.
(b) Congress committees dealing with French affairs.
(c) None.
(d) Ministry in Italy.

9. What huge political event was taking place when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a cameo cutter apprentice?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The American Civil War.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

10. Who was Mark Twain?
(a) French actor.
(b) American actor.
(c) French writer.
(d) American writer.

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

12. What buildings were set on fire by unknown arsonists in Paris in the spring of 1871?
(a) Hotel de Ville and the Palais de Justice.
(b) Hotel de Ville and the Louvre.
(c) Palais de Justice and the courthouse.
(d) The Louvre and the courthouse.

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

14. Why did Washburne move to Paris in 1870?
(a) He was exiled from America.
(b) For education.
(c) To teach.
(d) He was the new American minister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. return to Paris in 1886?

2. What painting did John Singer Sargent create of his art teacher?

3. Where did Washburne get his legal degree?

4. How did Saint-Gaudens meet White?

5. Who was Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand?

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