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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. How did theater help Americans learn French?
(a) They would bring an English copy of the play to follow along.
(b) The drama forced them to know French to understand the plot.
(c) Hearing the language constantly helped them figure out the words.
(d) The words were spoken slower than in everyday conversation.

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

3. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Artist.

4. For what reason did Mason Warren return to Paris three times in his life after his initial student days?
(a) To further his studies.
(b) To show it to his children.
(c) Poor health.
(d) To visit old friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What problem did American doctors, and/or their patients, have in regards to female patients that was not shared by their Paris equivalent in 1830?

4. What did Americans find unexpectedly good on their journey to Paris after leaving the ships?

5. With whom did James Fenimore Cooper walk the entire circumference of the city on foot?

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