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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. From what illness did Mary Cassatt's sister, Lydia, suffer?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Bright's disease.
(c) Muscular dystrophy.
(d) Cancer.

2. For what reasons did Gussie often avoid social situations early in her marriage?
(a) She did not like the French.
(b) She was claustrophobic.
(c) She was hard of hearing and knew little French.
(d) She did not like Augustus' friends.

3. Which two famous artists in Paris were impacted by the fire in Chicago in 1871?
(a) George Healy and Mary Cassatt.
(b) George Catlin and Henri Pill.
(c) Mary Cassatt and Samuel Morse.
(d) George Healy and Samuel Morse.

4. At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, Saint-Gaudens created what?
(a) Designs for United States gold coinage.
(b) Designs for United States paper money.
(c) Designs for the Presidential seal.
(d) Designs for the CIA's logo.

5. What dance shocked Mark Twain upon his short visit to Paris?
(a) Ballet.
(b) Can-Can.
(c) Waltz.
(d) Tango.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Augustus Saint-Gaudens teach art for a time?

2. What did Washburne think of pronouncements from the government at Versailles?

3. How did Saint-Gaudens meet White?

4. How did Charles Moulton amuse the invaders at his home in May of 1871?

5. Who was Louis Saint-Gaudens?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What reasons did Augustus Saint-Gaudens give friends for not enlisting in the French military in 1870?

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

5. What impact did the Farragut have on Saint-Gaudens career?

6. What famous American politician visited Paris in 1878 upon the resignation of Elihu Washburne?

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

8. For what reason did the French decide to commission the statue, Liberty Lighting the World, to make as a gift to America?

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

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

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