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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: Voila Paris!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the largest building in America in the 1830s?
(a) The Capitol in Washington.
(b) The Sears Tower.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The White House.

2. What was shocking to some Americans about the statues in the Garden of the Tuileries?
(a) Many displayed horrific battle scenes.
(b) Many showed acts considered vulgar to Americans.
(c) Many showed children in unusual situations.
(d) Many were nudes.

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

4. What type of people did John Collins Warren offer his son upon his journey to Paris?
(a) To avoid those fond of theaters and dissipation.
(b) To embrace those with similar tastes.
(c) To embrace those of a serious mind like his own.
(d) To avoid those who did not attend church regularly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Fenimore Cooper mean when he said France was a country of dirt and gilding?

2. To what college did Samuel Morse go?

3. What is the Sorbonne?

4. Why did Charles Sumner climb the four hundred steps to the top of Notre Dame?

5. What was Emma Willard's profession?

(see the answer key)

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