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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say bad smells are in the narrative?
(a) Signs of warning.
(b) Good reminders.
(c) Regrets.
(d) Sad memories.

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

3. When did Oscar Wilde meet Jean Lorrain?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1885.

4. When did Oscar Wilde arrive in America for a yearlong, coast-to-coast tour?
(a) January, 1882.
(b) May, 1890.
(c) September, 1889.
(d) June, 1885.

5. Who painted Arrangement in Black and Gold (1891-1892)?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) James Whistler.
(d) James Tissot.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Paul Pozzi marry Miriam Ashcroft?

2. Who presided over the Bazar de la Charite when it burned, killing many?

3. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?

4. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?

5. What excuse did Dr. Pozzi have for his European excursion with Emma Fischoff in 1903?

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