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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: Bound to Succeed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What huge political event was taking place when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a cameo cutter apprentice?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The American Civil War.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

2. What habit did Saint-Gaudens' teachers have that he carried on into his own work?
(a) Working in complete silence.
(b) Singing as they worked.
(c) Reciting poetry while working.
(d) Working without companionship.

3. What did many Americans quickly discover about the economy in France as compared to America?
(a) Taxes in France were much higher.
(b) Incomes in France were much lower.
(c) The economy in France was less stable than America.
(d) The cost of living in France was much lower than America.

4. What American building did Pierre-Charles L'Enfant design?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) The Capitol.

5. At what university did Samuel Morse teach art after leaving Paris?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Columbia.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?

2. What is an atelier?

3. What was Charles Stratton's stage name?

4. How did theater help Americans learn French?

5. What was Innocents Abroad?

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