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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 46 - 86.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Samuel Pozzi's grandfather?
(a) Dominique.
(b) Georges.
(c) Edouard.
(d) Henry.

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

4. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?
(a) Holding a doctor's case.
(b) Holding a glass.
(c) On his chest.
(d) On his hip.

5. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Jean Lorrain.
(b) Moliere.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Charles Meigs die?

2. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?

3. Who wrote The Picture, in which he defined "dandyism"?

4. When was Dr. Adrien Proust brushed by a stray bullet while walking to work?

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

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