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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: The Medicals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?
(a) Samuel Morse.
(b) John Sanderson.
(c) Melancthon T. Woolsey.
(d) David Farragut.

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

3. Why did Charles Sumner climb the four hundred steps to the top of Notre Dame?
(a) To get exercise.
(b) To see the cathedral.
(c) To see all of Paris below it.
(d) To prove he could.

4. What type of artist did George Healy long to be?
(a) A portrait painter.
(b) A cameo maker.
(c) A sculptor.
(d) A landscape painter.

5. How far was the trip from La Havre to Paris?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 150 miles.
(c) 110 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charles Sumner find surprising about the Sorbonne?

2. What is the Sorbonne?

3. What was thought to be a cause for the spread of diseases such as cholera?

4. What was the draw of Galignani's for many visiting Americans in Paris?

5. When Morse was twenty-eight, who commissioned him for a portrait?

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