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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: American Sensations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first news article to appear about the daguerreotype in the United States?
(a) Morse's account of a visit with Daguerre that his brothers had published.
(b) A daguerreotype sent to the New York Observer by Morse.
(c) An article written by a friend of Daguerre for the New York Observer.
(d) An article written by Daguerre.

2. Who founded Cooperstown in New York?
(a) James Fenimore Cooper's grandfather.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) James Fenimore Cooper's father.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper's son.

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

4. For shat portrait did George Healy win his first medal at the Paris Salon?
(a) One of Queen Victoria.
(b) One of Mrs. Otis.
(c) One of the American minister to France, General Lewis Cass.
(d) One of Mrs. Cass.

5. How did James Jackson Jr. die?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Louvre?

2. How far was the trip from La Havre to Paris?

3. What is a brig as described in Chapter 1?

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

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

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