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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. How old was Augustus Saint-Gaudens when his father apprenticed him to a cameo cutter?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Sixteen.

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

3. Where was Richard Morris Hunt trained?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
(c) Harvard.
(d) The Sorbonne.

4. At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, Saint-Gaudens created what?
(a) Designs for United States paper money.
(b) Designs for the Presidential seal.
(c) Designs for the CIA's logo.
(d) Designs for United States gold coinage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Washburne help leave Paris at the beginning of the trouble with Germany?

2. How old was Mary Cassatt when she made her debut as an Impressionist?

3. Who was Richard Morris Hunt?

4. Who was John Singer Sargent?

5. What profession did Augustus Saint-Gaudens' uncle have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What skill did Saint-Gaudens have that many of his fellow students often ask him to share with the class?

2. What reasons did Augustus Saint-Gaudens give friends for not enlisting in the French military in 1870?

3. What famous American politician visited Paris in 1878 upon the resignation of Elihu Washburne?

4. What were the terms of France's surrender to the Germans in 1871?

5. What is significant about the arrival of Isadora Duncan in Paris in 1901?

6. What event took place in Paris in 1867 that brought Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Paris?

7. What caused a second exodus out of Paris in 1871?

8. Who was among some Americans who returned to Paris after many years to reflect on the impact the city had on their lives and careers?

9. What accomplishment did Elihu Washburne's maternal grandfather complete that made Washburne's mother deeply proud of him?

10. Who was Augusta Homer? Why did she live in Rome? Who did she meet there?

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