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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 marched into Paris on March 1, 1871?
(a) Germans.
(b) English.
(c) Americans.
(d) Italians.
2. 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) Palais de Justice and the courthouse.
(c) The Louvre and the courthouse.
(d) Hotel de Ville and the Louvre.
3. What writer became a close friend to Saint-Gaudens, causing him great grief when the writer died in 1885?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Charles Nordhoff.
(d) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
4. What fellow artist did Augustus Saint-Gaudens often exchange work with?
(a) John Singer Sargent.
(b) George Healy.
(c) Mary Cassatt.
(d) Carroll Beckwith.
5. What famous politician was a friend of Washburne's?
(a) John Quincy Adams.
(b) Ulysses Grant.
(c) Stephen Douglas.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what reasons did Gussie often avoid social situations early in her marriage?
2. How old was Augustus Saint-Gaudens when his father apprenticed him to a cameo cutter?
3. Who taught Elihu Latin?
4. Did the political catastrophes of 1870-71 stop the influx of Americans to Paris?
5. What dance shocked Mark Twain upon his short visit to Paris?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused a second exodus out of Paris in 1871?
2. For what reason did Healy and his family choose to return to Paris in 1871?
3. Why did the Empress Eugenie feel the need to escape from the Tuileries? Who helped her?
4. For what reason did General Louis Trochu refuse to allow people to leave Paris during his army's siege of the city?
5. What type of paintings did John Singer Sargent paint most often?
6. Who was Augusta Homer? Why did she live in Rome? Who did she meet there?
7. What event took place in Paris in 1867 that brought Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Paris?
8. What is the Farragut? Who does it portray?
9. What impact did the Farragut have on Saint-Gaudens career?
10. What famous American politician visited Paris in 1878 upon the resignation of Elihu Washburne?
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