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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

David McCullough
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte prefer to speak when he did not want people to understand what he was saying?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

2. To where was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte exiled in the 1830s after a failed to overthrow King Louis-Phillipe?
(a) United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

3. Why did Elizabeth Blackwell go to Paris?
(a) To further her general education.
(b) To further her artistic education.
(c) To further her medical education.
(d) To further her legal education.

4. How did Antoine Gros die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Cancer.

5. How did Samuel Morse's wife, Lucretia, die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charles Sumner find surprising about the Sorbonne?

2. Who did Mrs. Willard have a visit with upon arriving in Paris?

3. What profession was Elizabeth Blackwell a member of?

4. Who was the first American to be admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts?

5. What American was good friends with Louis Napoleon Bonaparte?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason did Americans prior to the 1830s embark to Paris? Who were these Americans?

2. Who was Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis? Why was he important to Americans who went to Paris in the 1830s?

3. What one commission did Samuel Morse hope to get that he did not receive? Why did he not get it?

4. What famous painting did Healy complete in Paris in 1850? What American political event did this painting portray?

5. What were some of the differences between medical training in the United States and medical training in Paris?

6. What changes did Louis Napoleon immediately set out to create? For what purpose?

7. What was one of the most memorable landmarks the Americans would often stop to see on their way into Paris in the 1830s? Why were many Americans so impressed by this sight?

8. Who taught Samuel Morse to paint? What career would his parents have preferred he pursued?

9. Who was president of France in the 1850s? How was he received by American diplomats?

10. What form of travel did most Americans discover was necessary in order to see many of the sights of Paris?

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