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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. With whom did Mary Cassatt study art?

2. What nationality was Augustus Saint-Gaudens' mother?

3. What is an atelier?

4. What was Vernon Lee's real name?

5. How old was Mary Cassatt when she made her debut as an Impressionist?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What famous American politician visited Paris in 1878 upon the resignation of Elihu Washburne?

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

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

7. Who was among some Americans who returned to Paris after many years to reflect on the impact the city had on their lives and careers?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is James Fenimore Cooper? What was he famous for when he moved to Paris in the 1830s? What was his motive for moving to Paris? What were his first impressions of Paris? What did he go on to do with his career while living in Paris? With whom did Cooper befriend while living in Paris? How did the people, culture, and styles of Paris impact Cooper's work? What might be different about Cooper's work and legacy if he had never gone to Paris?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is cholera? Why was it believed that it would never appear in a civilized city? How did people react when a cholera outbreak began in Paris in 1832? How did cholera affect its victims? What was the prognosis of a patient with cholera in 1832? What did Americans know of cholera? Why was it believed in the 1830s that cholera was a disease of the poor? Why did people believe that the government was actively poisoning the poor during the initial outbreak? How did Americans respond to this crisis?

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