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

2. Where was Emma Fischoff born?
(a) Cannes.
(b) Florence.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Paris.

3. When did Jules Laforgue die?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1897.

4. On what date did a fire break out at the Bazar de la Charite, an annual event organized by the Catholic aristocracy of France, according to the narrative?
(a) May 4, 1897.
(b) June 12, 1889.
(c) July 13, 1919.
(d) May 1, 1901.

5. Who presided over the Bazar de la Charite when it burned, killing many?
(a) Edward Vizetelly.
(b) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(c) The Baron de Mackau.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Edmond de Polignac marry Winnaretta Singer?

2. How old was Leon Daudet when he fought his first duel?

3. With whom did Catherine Pozzi first experience love, according to the author?

4. What musical instrument was Leon Delafosse known for playing?

5. When did Catherine Pozzi undergo an appendectomy?

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