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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six: Change at Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes stress that the ability to dissect a human corpse was a unique and deeply important part of his French medical training?
(a) It allowed him to see every part of human anatomy.
(b) It allowed him to practice surgical techniques.
(c) It allowed him to see the differences in female and male anatomy.
(d) It allowed him to get used to touching a patient.

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

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

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

5. What took place in April 1834 that allowed many medical students to see gunshot wounds and wounds caused by bayonets first hand?
(a) A political protest.
(b) An uprising among the poor.
(c) A civil war battle.
(d) A Revolutionary War reenactment.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what college did Samuel Morse go?

2. 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?

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

4. Who was William Wells Brown?

5. Why did Elizabeth Blackwell go to Paris?

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