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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten: Madness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the American minister to Paris do in the wake of King Louis-Phillipe's abdication?
(a) Recognized the new government.
(b) Ordered all Americans to leave the country.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Waited for orders from the President.

2. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
(a) Cousin to the French king.
(b) A French aristocrat and American Revolutionary hero.
(c) A French theater star.
(d) Leader of the French government.

3. Who taught Elihu Latin?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His sister.

4. Why did Oliver Wendell Holmes choose to travel to Paris in the 1830s?
(a) To vacation.
(b) To learn from Parisian artists.
(c) To further his education.
(d) To join friends.

5. What was Charles Stratton's stage name?
(a) Tom Thumb.
(b) Tiny Tim.
(c) Andre the Giant.
(d) The Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Americans find unusual about the length of a day in Paris?

2. What does abdicate mean?

3. How did theater help Americans learn French?

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

5. Why did Elizabeth Blackwell go to Paris?

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