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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 happened when Lillie Moulton attempted to get a passport in March of 1871?

2. Which two famous artists in Paris were impacted by the fire in Chicago in 1871?

3. Who was John Singer Sargent?

4. Who was Raoul Rigault?

5. At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, Saint-Gaudens created what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What accomplishment did Elihu Washburne's maternal grandfather complete that made Washburne's mother deeply proud of him?

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

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

8. What skill did Saint-Gaudens have that many of his fellow students often ask him to share with the class?

9. What impact did the Farragut have on Saint-Gaudens career?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Ambition

2) Art

3) Medicine

4) Relationships.

Essay Topic 2

Who was Elihu Washburne? What was his role in Paris? Why did Washburne not flee Paris along with other Americans before the Siege of Paris? How did Washburne help many Germans return to their country during the war? For what reason? How did Washburne arrange for the evacuation of many Americans from Paris in the days before the Siege of Paris began? How did the Siege of Paris impact Washburne's political career?

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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