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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Montesquiou when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 35.
(b) 38.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

2. When did Robert Caze fight in a duel with Felicien Champsaur?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1886.

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

4. When was Charles Meigs born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1792.

5. On what date did a fire break out at the Bazar de la Charite, an annual event organized by the Catholic aristocracy of France, according to the narrative?
(a) June 12, 1889.
(b) May 4, 1897.
(c) July 13, 1919.
(d) May 1, 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. What transparently autobiographical novella did Catherine Pozzi publish in 1927?

2. How many years after Polignac did his wife Winnaretta die?

3. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?

4. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?

5. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?

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