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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 133 - 183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the flamboyant aristocrat featured in A Rebours?
(a) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(b) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(c) Edmond de Polignac.
(d) Duc Jean Floressas des Esseintes.

2. Who wrote the opera La Muette de Portici?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Walter de la Mare.
(c) Daniel Auber.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

3. When did Leconte de Lisle die?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1894.

4. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?
(a) 40.
(b) 55.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

5. How old was Winnaretta Singer when she married Edmond de Polignac?
(a) 25.
(b) 22.
(c) 32.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?

2. When did Liberty and Co. open in London?

3. On her first outing as a grown-up girl at 14, Catherine Pozzi's father took her to see what opera?

4. Who painted the grand fresco that was 4.40 meters wide and 2.75 meters high at the Broca?

5. Who was Dr. Samuel Pozzi's 1992 biographer?

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