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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 ailment left Gussie Saint-Gaudens feeling isolated late in life?

2. In 1919, Gussie Saint-Gaudens had what turned into the Saint-Gaudens Memorial?

3. 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?

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

5. What painting did John Singer Sargent create of his art teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the American Ambulance? Who created it?

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

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

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

5. Who was Elihu Washburne? Why did he refuse to leave Paris in 1870 when troops began to descend on Paris?

6. What reasons did Augustus Saint-Gaudens give friends for not enlisting in the French military in 1870?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Americans want to go to Paris? Who was among the first Americans to travel to Paris in the 1830s? What was the main purpose for most of these people in the 1830s? What was the political atmosphere like in America during this time? How much influence did this have on the motives of those traveling to Paris? What was the trip to Paris like? What were some of the discomforts of this trip? What were some of the pleasures of this trip?

Essay Topic 2

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

1) Perspective

2) Tone

3) Structure

4) Theme.

Essay Topic 3

What impact did many Americans who had visited and perhaps received education in Paris have on America upon their return? How did Charles Sumner impact politics before and during the Civil War? How did Healy impact the art world with his works of art commissioned by King Louis-Phillipe? How were Cooper's novels impacted by his time in Paris? How did Morse's time in Paris impact his invention of the telegraph? How did the telegraph impact the world?

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