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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 nationality was Augustus Saint-Gaudens' mother?

2. How high above New York Harbor does the torch on Lady Liberty stand?

3. Who commonly wore cameos during the time in which Saint-Gaudens was an apprentice in the art of cutting cameos?

4. Where did Mary Cassatt make her debut as an Impressionist?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the Eiffel Tower dubbed the Tower of Babel before it was even constructed?

3. What is significant about the arrival of Isadora Duncan in Paris in 1901?

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

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 was the Paris Commune? How was it connected to communism?

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

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

9. What was Augustus Saint-Gaudens' relationship to Davida Clark?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Samuel Morse? What ambitious project did he take on in regards to the Louvre? What did Morse want to do with his life? Why did he go to Paris? How did Paris influence Morse's work? Why did Morse represent the national character of America to Nathaniel Willis? Who often spent time with Morse at the Louvre? How did this friendship impact both men? Why did Morse eventually turn his attention to inventing? What did Morse invent? What impact did this invention have on Morse's life? What impact did this invention have on society as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Ecole de Medicine? Why did many Americans chose to attend medical school in Paris? How did French medical training contrast with American medical training? How did medical protocols compare with American? Who were the teachers at the Ecole de Medicine? How did their techniques differ from what Americans had previously been taught?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Charles Sumner

2) John Sanderson

3) Nathaniel Willis

4) Emma Willard.

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