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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 87 - 133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(c) Edward Vizetelly.
(d) Alexandre Laboulbene.

2. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?
(a) 45.
(b) 40.
(c) 55.
(d) 50.

3. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum.
(b) The Whitney Museum of American Art.
(c) The Jeffrey Parks Art Gallery.
(d) The National Portrait Gallery.

4. When did Leon Daudet fight his first duel?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1889.

5. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) James McNeill Whistler.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around what year did Nadar take the first photographs of a hermaphrodite?

2. When did Liberty and Co. open in London?

3. What does the author claim art always has on its side?

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

5. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?

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