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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Samuel Pozzi's grandfather?
(a) Georges.
(b) Henry.
(c) Edouard.
(d) Dominique.

2. When did Paul Broca die?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1885.

3. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum.
(b) The Whitney Museum of American Art.
(c) The Jeffrey Parks Art Gallery.
(d) The National Portrait Gallery.

4. Who painted The Beguiling of Merlin?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Edward Burne-Jones.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Alexandre Laboulbene.

5. How much older was Dr. Adrien Proust than Dr. Pozzi?
(a) 12 years older.
(b) 15 years older.
(c) 6 years older.
(d) 3 yeas older.

6. Who was the mother of Caliban in The Tempest?
(a) Leiah.
(b) Algeron.
(c) Ataranus.
(d) Sycorax.

7. How old was Jules-Hippolyte Percher when he was killed?
(a) 42.
(b) 32.
(c) 37.
(d) 29.

8. What Belgian poet said of Jean Lorrain, he "loved his age to the point of detestation" (68)?
(a) Paul Duval.
(b) Antonio de la Gandara.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.

9. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) James McNeill Whistler.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

10. During what years did Montesquiou share his life with Gabriel Yturri?
(a) 1875-1895.
(b) 1865-1885.
(c) 1885-1905.
(d) 1880-1890.

11. When was Dr. Adrien Proust brushed by a stray bullet while walking to work?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1888.

12. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?
(a) 50.
(b) 150.
(c) 300.
(d) 250.

13. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2011.

14. When did Jean Lorrain publish Monsieur de Phocas?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1905.

15. The author quotes Samuel Pozzi in the book, saying that one of his best quotations is in his treatise on gynecology. Pozzi stated, "Chauvanism is one of the forms of" what (49)?
(a) "Ignoranice."
(b) "Abuse."
(c) "Hatred."
(d) "Brutality."

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph Lister shoed that if all of his sterilization procedures were followed, the death rate of amputations fell from 50% to what percentage?

2. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?

3. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?

4. Who was the matchmaker for Samuel Pozzi and his wife Therese?

5. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

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