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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Dr. Samuel Pozzi's 1992 biographer?
(a) Claude Vanderpooten.
(b) Emma Fischoff.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

2. How much money did the dozen members of the gentlemen's club pay to be included in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) 2,000 francs.
(b) 3,000 francs.
(c) 1,000 francs.
(d) 500 francs.

3. When did Edmond de Polignac marry Winnaretta Singer?
(a) December 15, 1893.
(b) March 3, 1902.
(c) March 12, 1882.
(d) September 5, 1888.

4. How old was Leon Daudet when he fought his first duel?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

5. When did John Singer Sargent send Dr. Pozzi at Home to the Royal Academy in London?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many people died in the fire at the Bazar de la Charite that is described in the narrative?

2. What Belgian poet said of Jean Lorrain, he "loved his age to the point of detestation" (68)?

3. Where is the Le Cercle de la rue Royale now located?

4. 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)?

5. When did Count Robert de Montesquiou arrive in America for a four-city engagement?

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