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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?
2. What country denied a patent to Morse for his new invention in 1837?
3. Who was it who came to believe there was something distinctive in an American face that he could pick out in a crowd?
4. What did many Americans quickly discover about the economy in France as compared to America?
5. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was one of the most memorable landmarks the Americans would often stop to see on their way into Paris in the 1830s? Why were many Americans so impressed by this sight?
2. For what reason were many Americans disappointed with their first impressions of Paris?
3. What were some of Mason Warren's complaints about the behavior of the doctors under whom he trained in Paris?
4. What artist did James Fenimore Cooper befriend while living in Paris? Where was this artist completing most of his work during this friendship?
5. What one commission did Samuel Morse hope to get that he did not receive? Why did he not get it?
6. Who taught Samuel Morse to paint? What career would his parents have preferred he pursued?
7. What were some of the differences between medical training in the United States and medical training in Paris?
8. What famous painting did Healy complete in Paris in 1850? What American political event did this painting portray?
9. What invention did the artist Delacroix say marked the death of art? Who invented it?
10. What did Emma Willard note about the galleries in Paris that she found inspiring?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who was King Louis-Phillipe? What was the political climate like in Paris during the 1830s? How did this political climate impact Americans in Paris? What was the lifestyle of most Parisians like? How did this lifestyle differ from life in America? What things did the Americans in Paris adopt about the lifestyles of the French? What things did Americans disapprove of in the lifestyles of the French?
Essay Topic 2
How did the change in transatlantic transportation change the immigration of Americans to Paris? What else seems to have impacted the movement of Americans from America to Paris? What were some of the main reasons these Americans traveled to Paris? Who was George Healy? How did he become acquainted with King Louis-Phillipe? What paintings did the king ask Healy to create? Who are among some of the famous people Healy painted during this time period?
Essay Topic 3
Who was Elihu Washburne? What was his role in Paris? Why did Washburne not flee Paris along with other Americans before the Siege of Paris? How did Washburne help many Germans return to their country during the war? For what reason? How did Washburne arrange for the evacuation of many Americans from Paris in the days before the Siege of Paris began? How did the Siege of Paris impact Washburne's political career?
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