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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 Emma Willard's profession?
(a) Artist.
(b) Schoolmistress and textbook writer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor in training.

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

3. What fashion among male Parisians did John Sanderson criticize during his time in Paris?
(a) High pompadour haircuts.
(b) Beards and mustaches.
(c) Blousy slacks.
(d) Oversized shirts.

4. What was James Fenimore Cooper's most well known novel prior to his travels to Paris?
(a) The Last of the Mohicans.
(b) Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers.
(c) The Ways of the Hour.
(d) The Deerslayer.

5. What household pet was very popular among the French in 1830?
(a) Cats.
(b) Fish.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Hamsters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the American minister to Paris in 1787?

3. What type of artist did George Healy long to be?

4. Where did many Americans in the 1830s get their information on Paris and its culture?

5. Who does the author mention suffered terrible seasickness on his journey to Paris?

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