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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 social pastime did Augustus Saint-Gaudens greatly enjoy?

2. For what reason did the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pay for a group of Mormon artists to receive training in Paris?

3. Where did Washburne get his legal degree?

4. Whose work filled more than half of the American exhibit space in the Palais des Machines at the Exposition Universelle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Mary Cassatt's most loyal companion? How did she die? How did this impact Cassatt?

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

3. For what reason did the French decide to commission the statue, Liberty Lighting the World, to make as a gift to America?

4. What type of paintings did John Singer Sargent paint most often?

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

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

7. What made the Sargent portrait, Madame X, so controversial in its time?

8. What is considered Augustus Saint-Gaudens' greatest monument?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following historical events in an essay, using quotes from the book to support your conclusions:

1) Siege of Paris

2) American Civil War

3) Laying of the Transatlantic Cable

4) Invention of the telegraph.

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

What were some of the social problems Americans first noticed about the culture of Paris? How did these social problems reflect similar problems in America? How were they different? Was there a similar separation of races in Paris as there was in America? Did slavery exist in Paris? How did this impact those Americans accustomed to racial inequality?

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