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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. Who does the author mention suffered terrible seasickness on his journey to Paris?
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) John Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Charles Sumner.
(d) George Healy.

2. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?
(a) To paint John Quincy Adams.
(b) To paint Andrew Jackson.
(c) To visit his parents.
(d) To paint a copy of Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington.

3. What took place on September 2, 1851?
(a) A protest march.
(b) A coup.
(c) A natural disaster.
(d) An execution.

4. How large is Webster's Reply to Hayne by George Healy?
(a) 30 x 27 feet.
(b) 10 x 14 feet.
(c) 15 x 27 feet.
(d) 6 x 9 feet.

5. Who was Antoine Gros?
(a) A law professor.
(b) An art teacher.
(c) A medical teacher.
(d) An art student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

2. How did Antoine Gros die?

3. What requirement did the Ecole de Medecine have that American medical schools did not?

4. Where was Morse working a great deal of the time during his stay in Paris?

5. Who is Natty Bumppo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was George Healy? Who was he commissioned to paint in the 1840s?

2. 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?

3. Who was Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis? Why was he important to Americans who went to Paris in the 1830s?

4. What shift in the types of Americans coming to Paris took place in the late 1840s?

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

6. What were some of the professions of those who traveled to Paris in the 1830s? What reason did they have to travel to Paris?

7. What did Emma Willard note about the galleries in Paris that she found inspiring?

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

9. How did many of the Americans who arrived in Paris in the 1830s feel about the stringent laws regarding passports?

10. For what reason were many Americans disappointed with their first impressions of Paris?

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