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

3. What famous politician was a friend of Washburne's?

4. What profession did Augustus Saint-Gaudens' uncle have?

5. What buildings were set on fire by unknown arsonists in Paris in the spring of 1871?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. For what reasons did John Singer Sargent choose to make his home in Paris in 1874?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the political atmosphere like in Paris in the 1830s? What did the traveling Americans know about Paris before they arrived there? How did the stories of Paris compare to the reality of Paris for many of these American travelers? What are some of the adjectives these American travelers used in describing Paris upon first sight? Why did some dislike Paris so much so that they moved on to other destinations? Why did other fall in love with Paris almost from the first moments?

Essay Topic 2

Who was King Louis-Phillipe? What was the political climate like in Paris during the 1830s? How did this political climate impact Americans in Paris? What was the lifestyle of most Parisians like? How did this lifestyle differ from life in America? What things did the Americans in Paris adopt about the lifestyles of the French? What things did Americans disapprove of in the lifestyles of the French?

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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