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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the text refers to the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Arbitration.
(d) Calumny.

2. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?
(a) Edmond de Goncourt.
(b) Georges Vanor.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Baudelaire.

3. How old was Dr. Pozzi when he traveled to London with the prince and the count in 1885?
(a) 38.
(b) 42.
(c) 28.
(d) 32.

4. Who was a friend of Dr. Pozzi's and the author of Filrt?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Paul Duval.
(d) Paul Hervieu.

5. When was Samuel Pozzi invited to the World's Fair in Chicago as part of the official French delegation?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1893.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the flamboyant aristocrat featured in A Rebours?

2. How old was Dr. Pozzi when Sargent painted him in the red coat?

3. Who was the mother of Caliban in The Tempest?

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

5. Who was the matchmaker for Samuel Pozzi and his wife Therese?

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