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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 fellow artist did Augustus Saint-Gaudens often exchange work with?
(a) John Singer Sargent.
(b) Carroll Beckwith.
(c) George Healy.
(d) Mary Cassatt.

2. How many love affairs did Saint-Gaudens admit to having in his Reminiscences before meeting Gussie?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

3. Who seized more than a hundred cannon and fortified themselves on the heights of Montmartre?
(a) American Marines.
(b) Italian army.
(c) National Guard of France.
(d) German army.

4. How high above New York Harbor does the torch on Lady Liberty stand?
(a) 350 feet.
(b) 200 feet.
(c) 240 feet.
(d) 300 feet.

5. What famous politician was a friend of Washburne's?
(a) Ulysses Grant.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) Stephen Douglas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did Gussie Saint-Gaudens' parents assume her new husband was based on the nationality of his parents?

2. How old was Mary Cassatt when she made her debut as an Impressionist?

3. Who was among the artists that John Singer Sargent admired?

4. How old was Augustus Saint-Gaudens when his father apprenticed him to a cameo cutter?

5. Who was Charles-Emile-Auguste Durand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Augusta Homer? Why did she live in Rome? Who did she meet there?

2. What caused some of the delays with Saint-Gaudens' creation of the Farragut?

3. What were the terms of France's surrender to the Germans in 1871?

4. Who was among some Americans who returned to Paris after many years to reflect on the impact the city had on their lives and careers?

5. What caused a second exodus out of Paris in 1871?

6. For what reason did General Louis Trochu refuse to allow people to leave Paris during his army's siege of the city?

7. What is considered Augustus Saint-Gaudens' greatest monument?

8. What skill did Saint-Gaudens have that many of his fellow students often ask him to share with the class?

9. Why was Archbishop Darboy arrested and executed in 1871?

10. What was the American Ambulance? Who created it?

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