BoB 22-23 Monument Maker - Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial

Question 1

What did the Piccirilli brothers use to enlarge Dan&#x27;s sketch model from 7 to 19 feet tall?

Accepted Answer

Pointing machine

Question 2

From the Timeline: Dan French&#x27;s interest in drawing birds as a boy helped him later when he sculpted ____________.

Accepted Answer

Angels

Question 3

Who was the sculptor from Boston that Dan French met in Italy?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Ball

Question 4

From the Timeline: For what was Dan&#x27;s "Big Mary" statue made in 1893?

Accepted Answer

The World&#x27;s Fair in Chicago

Question 5

Dan French drew many things he saw both outside and in books. What didn&#x27;t the book say he drew?

Accepted Answer

Deer

Question 6

How old was Dan French when his friend Henry Bacon asked him to make the statue of Lincoln for the memorial building?

Accepted Answer

65

Question 7

Who illustrated the book?

Accepted Answer

Shawn Fields

Question 8

Dan French lived on a __________ in _____________ until he was 10 years old.

Accepted Answer

farm/New Hampshire

Question 9

Instead of learning algebra and geometry when he was a child, Dan French preferred _____________.

Accepted Answer

drawing

Question 10

How did Ralph Waldo Emerson describe the opening firefight of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

"The shot heard round the world"

Question 11

The carving that helped Dan French know who he wanted to be was a frog made from a ___________.

Accepted Answer

Turnip

Question 12

Which famous Concord, Massachusetts Thinker said, "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship"?

Accepted Answer

Louisa May Alcott

Question 13

Lincoln&#x27;s hands are shaped in two different positions on his Memorial statue.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What was the profession of the person from which Dan first learned to draw anatomy?

Accepted Answer

Doctor

Question 15

How many brothers were in the Piccirilli family, all of whom helped carve the statue of Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

Six

Question 16

From the Timeline: Dan and Mary French had a daughter named ___________, who became a sculptor when she grew up.

Accepted Answer

Margaret

Question 17

What inspired the author to start writing this book?

Accepted Answer

When she lived in French&#x27;s former studio in Massachusetts

Question 18

Which was the first southern state to split from the Union?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 19

Which animal was featured in Dan French&#x27;s early sculpture entitled, "Matchmaking"?

Accepted Answer

Owl

Question 20

How many pieces of the Lincoln statue had to be assembled to complete it?

Accepted Answer

28

Question 21

A wood and wire skeleton used to stabilize busts of clay is called a ______________.

Accepted Answer

Armature

Question 22

Henry Bacon told Dan French that his Lincoln statue "must seem to have _______________."

Accepted Answer

A soul

Question 23

In what year was Dan French born?

Accepted Answer

1850

Question 24

Dan was humbled when he saw and heard the praise of his neighbors at the unveiling of his Minuteman statue.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What is the name of the statue Dan French sculpted in Paris, France?

Accepted Answer

The George Washington statue

Question 26

What is Dan French&#x27;s middle name?

Accepted Answer

Chester

Question 27

Where in Concord, Massachusetts does Dan&#x27;s statue of the Minuteman stand?

Accepted Answer

Old North Bridge

Question 28

What was the profession of both Dan French&#x27;s father and grandfather?

Accepted Answer

Law

Question 29

How many monuments did Dan French sculpt in his lifetime?

Accepted Answer

More than 100

Question 30

How old was Dan French when Lincoln was assassinated?

Accepted Answer

14

BoB 22-23 Monument Maker - Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial

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BoB 22-23 Monument Maker - Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial

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