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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 buildings were set on fire by unknown arsonists in Paris in the spring of 1871?
(a) Hotel de Ville and the Palais de Justice.
(b) Hotel de Ville and the Louvre.
(c) Palais de Justice and the courthouse.
(d) The Louvre and the courthouse.

2. Did the political catastrophes of 1870-71 stop the influx of Americans to Paris?
(a) Yes.
(b) Only for a few months.
(c) No.
(d) Only for a year.

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

4. From what illness did Mary Cassatt's sister, Lydia, suffer?
(a) Muscular dystrophy.
(b) Bright's disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seized more than a hundred cannon and fortified themselves on the heights of Montmartre?

2. Why did Saint-Gaudens apply to create the Farragut memorial?

3. What dance shocked Mark Twain upon his short visit to Paris?

4. Where did Parisians receive news of the battles taking place throughout the countryside during the days leading up to the siege of Paris?

5. What huge political event was taking place when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a cameo cutter apprentice?

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 is considered Augustus Saint-Gaudens' greatest monument?

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

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

5. What caused some of the delays with Saint-Gaudens' creation of the Farragut?

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

7. What impact did the Farragut have on Saint-Gaudens career?

8. What is the Farragut? Who does it portray?

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

10. For what reason did General Louis Trochu refuse to allow people to leave Paris during his army's siege of the city?

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