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

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

3. With whom did Mary Cassatt study art?
(a) Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis.
(b) John Singer Sargent.
(c) George Healy.
(d) Thomas Couture.

4. What was the overwhelming feeling of most Americans who were stuck in Paris during the siege?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Relief.

5. Who was among the artists that John Singer Sargent admired?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Monet.
(c) Degas.
(d) Cassatt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who posed for the legs for the memorial statue of Farragut?

3. How old was John Singer Sargent when he knew what he wanted to be?

4. Who taught Elihu Latin?

5. What is an atelier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Archbishop Darboy arrested and executed in 1871?

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

3. For what reason did Healy and his family choose to return to Paris in 1871?

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

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

6. What was the Paris Commune? How was it connected to communism?

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

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

9. Why did the Empress Eugenie feel the need to escape from the Tuileries? Who helped her?

10. Why was the Eiffel Tower dubbed the Tower of Babel before it was even constructed?

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