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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 one of the great virtues of Morse's project, Gallery of the Louvre?

2. What were omnibuses?

3. What was the largest hospital in Paris in the 1830s?

4. What happened on February 22, 1847?

5. What is the Sorbonne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What artist did James Fenimore Cooper befriend while living in Paris? Where was this artist completing most of his work during this friendship?

2. On September 14, 1851, what American author died? Who was among those who memorialized him at a tribute in New York?

3. What one commission did Samuel Morse hope to get that he did not receive? Why did he not get it?

4. What did Emma Willard note about the galleries in Paris that she found inspiring?

5. For what reason did Parisians place bodies recovered from the Seine on displayed?

6. What were some of the biggest complaints against King Louis-Phillipe in 1847 that eventually led to the king going into exile?

7. Who was James McNeill Whistler? In what country did he spend most of his childhood? What did others think of Whistler during his time in Paris?

8. For what reason did Americans prior to the 1830s embark to Paris? Who were these Americans?

9. What invention did the artist Delacroix say marked the death of art? Who invented it?

10. What were some of Mason Warren's complaints about the behavior of the doctors under whom he trained in Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Farragut? Who created it? What struggles did this person undergo in creating this piece of art? How did it impact his personal life? How did it impact his professional life? Where is the Farragut now? What other works did this artist create? Where are some of these works displayed? What impact did this artist have on the art world during his lifetime? What impact did Paris have on this artist and his career?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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