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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. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. return to Paris in 1886?

3. From what illness did Mary Cassatt's sister, Lydia, suffer?

4. When did Washburne win election into the Congress?

5. How many love affairs did Saint-Gaudens admit to having in his Reminiscences before meeting Gussie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What caused a second exodus out of Paris in 1871?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why was the Eiffel Tower created? What was its purpose? What was significant about it at the time of its creation? Why did the people of Paris decide not to tear the structure down after it had served its purpose? What is the significance of this structure in modern times? Why did mathematicians during the months in which the Eiffel Tower was being constructed suggest the tower would never stand for long? What was the reaction of some critics to the appearance of the tower? Why is the tower called Eiffel?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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