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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Stanford White?
(a) A sculptor.
(b) An architect.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A writer.

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

9. In 1919, Gussie Saint-Gaudens had what turned into the Saint-Gaudens Memorial?
(a) Saint-Gaudens' flat and studio in Paris.
(b) Saint-Gaudens' house in Connecticut.
(c) Saint-Gaudens' apartment in New York City.
(d) Saint-Gaudens' home and studio in Cornish, New Hampshire.

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

11. 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 birth of a son to Davida Clark, Saint-Gaudens' mistress.
(c) The death of their son, Homer.
(d) An affair with Adams on Gussie's part.

12. Where did Mary Cassatt make her debut as an Impressionist?
(a) First Impressionist Exhibition.
(b) World's Fair.
(c) Fourth Impressionist Exhibition.
(d) Exposition Universelle.

13. How did Charles Moulton amuse the invaders at his home in May of 1871?
(a) By refusing to allow them to take his animals.
(b) By faking a heart attack.
(c) By singing to the invaders.
(d) By badly mispronouncing his French.

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

15. When did Washburne win election into the Congress?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Saint-Gaudens meet White?

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

3. What group of artists did Mary Cassatt embrace in 1875?

4. Which two famous artists in Paris were impacted by the fire in Chicago in 1871?

5. For what reason did the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pay for a group of Mormon artists to receive training in Paris?

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