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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. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?
(a) The food.
(b) The roads.
(c) The vehicles.
(d) The accomadations.

2. Who does the author mention suffered terrible seasickness on his journey to Paris?
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) John Fenimore Cooper.
(c) George Healy.
(d) Charles Sumner.

3. Who was the queen of Boston society when George Healy was still a budding artist?
(a) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) Lucretia Morse.
(c) Sally Foster Otis.
(d) Mary Cassatt.

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

5. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?
(a) To further his education.
(b) To learn from Parisian artists.
(c) To vacation.
(d) To join friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?

2. What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say was one of the chief draws of Paris to young men?

3. What two specialties did the Ecole de Medecine offer its students?

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

5. Who was it who came to believe there was something distinctive in an American face that he could pick out in a crowd?

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