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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. When did Washburne win election into the Congress?

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

3. What group of artists did Mary Cassatt embrace in 1875?

4. What was Vernon Lee's real name?

5. Who posed for the legs for the memorial statue of Farragut?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Elihu Washburne? Why did he refuse to leave Paris in 1870 when troops began to descend on Paris?

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

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

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

7. For what reasons did John Singer Sargent choose to make his home in Paris in 1874?

8. 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?

9. What is significant about the arrival of Isadora Duncan in Paris in 1901?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Americans want to go to Paris? Who was among the first Americans to travel to Paris in the 1830s? What was the main purpose for most of these people in the 1830s? What was the political atmosphere like in America during this time? How much influence did this have on the motives of those traveling to Paris? What was the trip to Paris like? What were some of the discomforts of this trip? What were some of the pleasures of this trip?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following in detail in an essay, using quotes from the book to support your conclusions:

1) Perspective

2) Tone

3) Structure

4) Theme.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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