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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What transparently autobiographical novella did Catherine Pozzi publish in 1927?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Athena.
(c) The Lovers.
(d) Emma.

2. What term is used to describe a surgery "in which healthy (or only mildly affected) ovaries were removed in order to provoke an artificial menopause and thus cure nervous troubles of various kinds" (140)?
(a) Roget's Operation.
(b) Turette's Operation.
(c) Battey's Operation.
(d) Martinez's Operation.

3. Under whom did Gille de la Tourette train at the Salpetriere Hospital?
(a) Jean Charcot.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Paul Duval.
(d) Paul Hervieu.

4. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1896.

5. How many years after Polignac did his wife Winnaretta die?
(a) 42.
(b) 38.
(c) 25.
(d) 32.

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

7. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?
(a) Les Strange.
(b) Candide.
(c) In Search of Lost Time.
(d) Les Lepillier.

8. When was the painting Madame X completed?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1902.

9. How is Edmond de Polignac posed in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) Holding a Bible.
(b) Standing at a table.
(c) Writing in a book at a desk.
(d) Lounging in an armchair.

10. What was Emma Fischoff's father's profession?
(a) He was a banker.
(b) He was an art dealer.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a politician.

11. Who was the model for Sargent's painting Madame X?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Amelie Gautreau.
(d) Jean Charcot.

12. When was Samuel Pozzi invited to the World's Fair in Chicago as part of the official French delegation?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1879.

13. Who was a friend of Dr. Pozzi's and the author of Filrt?
(a) Paul Hervieu.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Paul Duval.

14. What musical instrument was Leon Delafosse known for playing?
(a) Flute.
(b) Violin.
(c) Piano.
(d) Harp.

15. Who wrote the opera Patience?
(a) Handel.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Gilbert and Sullivan.
(d) Puccini.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?

2. Who painted Arrangement in Black and Gold (1891-1892)?

3. When did Edmond de Polignac marry Winnaretta Singer?

4. What was the name of the famous racehorse that Emma Fischoff's husband Eugene owned?

5. Who was the model for the fresco Health Restored to the Sick at the Broca?

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