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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who designed Lady Liberty?
(a) George Healy.
(b) Gustave Eiffel.
(c) Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
(d) Auguste Bartholdi.

2. What illness did Saint-Gaudens suffer in June of 1900?
(a) A tumor in his stomach.
(b) A tumor in his liver.
(c) A tumor in his brain.
(d) A tumor in his lower intestine.

3. How old was Augustus Saint-Gaudens when his father apprenticed him to a cameo cutter?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Sixteen.

4. What episode seems to have created some discord in Saint-Gaudens marriage in 1889?
(a) An affair with Adams on Gussie's part.
(b) The death of their son, Homer.
(c) The birth of a son to Davida Clark, Saint-Gaudens' mistress.
(d) A very public affair on Saint-Gaudens' part.

5. What habit did Saint-Gaudens' teachers have that he carried on into his own work?
(a) Singing as they worked.
(b) Working without companionship.
(c) Reciting poetry while working.
(d) Working in complete silence.

6. How many siblings did Mary Cassatt have?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

7. Who commonly wore cameos during the time in which Saint-Gaudens was an apprentice in the art of cutting cameos?
(a) Women.
(b) Artists.
(c) Men.
(d) Actors.

8. Who posed for the legs for the memorial statue of Farragut?
(a) Richard Watson Gilder.
(b) John Singer Sargent.
(c) Gussie Saint-Gaudens.
(d) Stanford White.

9. What buildings were set on fire by unknown arsonists in Paris in the spring of 1871?
(a) Palais de Justice and the courthouse.
(b) Hotel de Ville and the Palais de Justice.
(c) The Louvre and the courthouse.
(d) Hotel de Ville and the Louvre.

10. How did Charles Moulton amuse the invaders at his home in May of 1871?
(a) By badly mispronouncing his French.
(b) By refusing to allow them to take his animals.
(c) By faking a heart attack.
(d) By singing to the invaders.

11. Who was Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand?
(a) A writer.
(b) An art master.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A medical professor.

12. Where did Washburne make his first stand as a lawyer?
(a) Maine.
(b) Illinois.
(c) New York.
(d) North Carolina.

13. What political office did people want Washburne to run for after he left Paris?
(a) President.
(b) Congress.
(c) State senate.
(d) Governor.

14. How did John Singer Sargent pay his expenses early in his career?
(a) His father's money.
(b) His mother's money.
(c) His wife's money.
(d) Working as a teacher.

15. Where was Mary Cassatt born?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mary Cassatt make her debut as an Impressionist?

2. Where did Mary Putnam spend one night during the barrage of the Left Bank?

3. Who taught Elihu Latin?

4. For what reasons did Gussie often avoid social situations early in her marriage?

5. Who was John Singer Sargent?

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