Monument Maker - An Epic Book

Which of the following in NOT true about Daniel Chester French?

• He was born more than a decade before the Civil War ended.

• He lived in New England as a child growing up.

• He failed his college math courses and never graduated.

• He spent two years in France learning to sculpt.

Who was Henry Bacon?

• He was a fellow sculptor.

• He was a Congressman.

• He was an architect.

• He was someone Daniel Chester French sculpted.

How old was Daniel Chester French when he was asked to help create the Lincoln Memorial?

• 22

• 38

• 47

• 65

Who was chosen by Congress to design the Lincoln Memorial?

• Daniel Chester French

• Robert Todd Lincoln

• Henry Bacon

• Abraham Lincoln

Where did the white marble used for the statue of Lincoln originate?

• Tennessee

• Colorado

• Massachusetts

• Georgia

How large was the plaster cast that French sent to the Bronx?

• ten inches high

• three feet high

• seven feet high

• thirty feet high

How many pieces of marble make up the statue of Lincoln which now sits in the Lincoln Memorial?

• one

• five

• thirteen

• twenty eight

Who carved the actual statue of Lincoln that now sits within the Lincoln Memorial?

• Daniel Chester French

• Henry Bacon

• the Piccirilli brothers

• formerly enslaved people

Daniel Chester French depicted Lincoln with a balled fist when he created the statue of him. What does Lincoln's balled fist represent?

• the firmness Lincoln needed to keep the Union together

• the open-mindedness that Lincoln demonstrated during his Presidency

• the violence Lincoln encouraged Union soldiers to show toward the Confederacy

• the anger that Lincoln felt toward the South for seceding

How long did it take from the time Daniel Chester French accepted the job of helping create the Lincoln Memorial to the point when the memorial officially opened?

• five years

• seven years

• a decade

• a century