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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Emma Fischoff's birth name?

2. How old was Winnaretta Singer when she married Edmond de Polignac?

3. Who wrote the opera La Muette de Portici?

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

5. When did Dr. Samuel Pozzi give his inaugural lecture as the first chair of gynecology in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Catherine Pozzi's journals described?

2. Why did Jean Lorrain attempt drawing Montesquiou into duels? How did Montesquiou respond?

3. Who was Odilon Redon?

4. Who was Charles Baudelaire?

5. Describe the painting Madame X. Who painted it and who is the subject?

6. What accolades did Pozzi receive on January 1, 1899?

7. What did Pozzi's grandson Claude Bourdet say of him?

8. What does Battey's Operation refer to?

9. What was the nature of Dr. Pozzi's relationship with Emma Fischoff?

10. Who was Gustave Flaubert?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the French perceptions of the British during the period of the Belle Époque. How did the French perceive British art and literature? How did they view the English morality? What did they esteem about the British?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the life of Prince Edmond de Polignac. When and where was he born? What was his family like? Where did he grow up? What was his status in France during the Belle Époque?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the medical advances that took place during the Belle Époque. What countries led the world in medical advances? What advances were made? How was Dr. Pozzi a part of those advancements?

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