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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote Des Diaboliques?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(c) Edgar Degas.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

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

5. Where was Pozzi's wife Therese's family from?
(a) Cannes.
(b) Lyon.
(c) Florence.
(d) Paris.

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. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?

4. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?

5. When did Paul Pozzi marry Miriam Ashcroft?

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