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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. For what reason did George Healy return to America after eight years in 1842?

2. What was the largest building in America in the 1830s?

3. What profession did Ralph Waldo Emerson leave prior to going to Paris in 1833?

4. What is the Sorbonne?

5. Who is Natty Bumppo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What artist did James Fenimore Cooper befriend while living in Paris? Where was this artist completing most of his work during this friendship?

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

3. How did the Americans travel the roads to Paris after arriving in Le Havre?

4. For what reason did Parisians place bodies recovered from the Seine on displayed?

5. What invention did the artist Delacroix say marked the death of art? Who invented it?

6. What aspect of living in Paris did many ladies from America appreciate the most?

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

8. What did Emma Willard note about the galleries in Paris that she found inspiring?

9. What were some of the professions of those who traveled to Paris in the 1830s? What reason did they have to travel to Paris?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What illness did August Saint-Gaudens suffer later in his life? Why did this illness cause Saint-Gaudens to fall into a dark depression? On what works was Saint-Gaudens working at the time? Why did he insist they be bronzed in Paris? Where did Saint-Gaudens move in July of 1900? for what reason? With whom would Saint-Gaudens live out the rest of his life? What was the Paris Saint-Gaudens left behind like? What influence did Paris continue to have on Americans? What influence does Paris have on Americans now?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the social problems Americans first noticed about the culture of Paris? How did these social problems reflect similar problems in America? How were they different? Was there a similar separation of races in Paris as there was in America? Did slavery exist in Paris? How did this impact those Americans accustomed to racial inequality?

Essay Topic 3

What is the Ecole de Medicine? Why did many Americans chose to attend medical school in Paris? How did French medical training contrast with American medical training? How did medical protocols compare with American? Who were the teachers at the Ecole de Medicine? How did their techniques differ from what Americans had previously been taught?

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