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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How large is Webster's Reply to Hayne by George Healy?
2. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
3. What was thought to be a cause for the spread of diseases such as cholera?
4. What took place in April 1834 that allowed many medical students to see gunshot wounds and wounds caused by bayonets first hand?
5. Why did Samuel Morse wish to go to Paris in the 1830s?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the genre of James Fenimore Cooper's first novel? Why was it not successful?
2. What kind of careers would most of the American doctors who trained in Paris have?
3. In Morse's disappointment with his art career, what project did he turn his attention to? How did this project change the way people communicated at the time?
4. 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?
5. Who was James McNeill Whistler? In what country did he spend most of his childhood? What did others think of Whistler during his time in Paris?
6. What aspect of living in Paris did many ladies from America appreciate the most?
7. How did many of the Americans who arrived in Paris in the 1830s feel about the stringent laws regarding passports?
8. What did the Americans find unusual about the way in which Parisians took their meals?
9. For what reason did Americans prior to the 1830s embark to Paris? Who were these Americans?
10. Who taught Samuel Morse to paint? What career would his parents have preferred he pursued?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who was King Louis-Phillipe? What was the political climate like in Paris during the 1830s? How did this political climate impact Americans in Paris? What was the lifestyle of most Parisians like? How did this lifestyle differ from life in America? What things did the Americans in Paris adopt about the lifestyles of the French? What things did Americans disapprove of in the lifestyles of the French?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following people in an essay using quotes from the book to support your conclusions:
1) Charles Sumner
2) John Sanderson
3) Nathaniel Willis
4) Emma Willard.
Essay Topic 3
What is the Farragut? Who created it? What struggles did this person undergo in creating this piece of art? How did it impact his personal life? How did it impact his professional life? Where is the Farragut now? What other works did this artist create? Where are some of these works displayed? What impact did this artist have on the art world during his lifetime? What impact did Paris have on this artist and his career?
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