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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American was good friends with Louis Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) Samuel Morse.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) George Healy.
(d) Dr. Thomas Evans.

2. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Artist.

3. What was thought to be a cause for the spread of diseases such as cholera?
(a) Under cooked food.
(b) Eating outdoors.
(c) Too many baths.
(d) A lack of proper hygiene and sanitation.

4. What took place in April 1834 that allowed many medical students to see gunshot wounds and wounds caused by bayonets first hand?
(a) A political protest.
(b) An uprising among the poor.
(c) A civil war battle.
(d) A Revolutionary War reenactment.

5. Why did Charles Sumner climb the four hundred steps to the top of Notre Dame?
(a) To get exercise.
(b) To see all of Paris below it.
(c) To prove he could.
(d) To see the cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides creating portraits, what other means of making money did Samuel Morse pursue before moving to Paris?

2. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?

3. Who was the American minister to Paris in 1787?

4. What helped bring more visitors to Paris from the rest of Europe?

5. What household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the primary mode of travel to Europe in the 1830s? What did many of these early travelers think of this mode of transportation?

2. What was the genre of James Fenimore Cooper's first novel? Why was it not successful?

3. What artist did James Fenimore Cooper befriend while living in Paris? Where was this artist completing most of his work during this friendship?

4. In Morse's disappointment with his art career, what project did he turn his attention to? How did this project change the way people communicated at the time?

5. What invention did the artist Delacroix say marked the death of art? Who invented it?

6. What changes did Louis Napoleon immediately set out to create? For what purpose?

7. How did the Americans travel the roads to Paris after arriving in Le Havre?

8. Who was president of France in the 1850s? How was he received by American diplomats?

9. What famous anti-slavery author toured Paris in 1853? What were her impressions of the city?

10. What were some of the biggest complaints against King Louis-Phillipe in 1847 that eventually led to the king going into exile?

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