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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 183 - 226.

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) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(c) Paul Duval.
(d) Antonio de la Gandara.

2. Pushkin was killed in a duel with whom in 1837?
(a) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Edmond de Polignac.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

3. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?
(a) Ines Escot-Meslon.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

4. When did Liberty and Co. open in London?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1875.

5. What musical instrument was Leon Delafosse known for playing?
(a) Piano.
(b) Violin.
(c) Flute.
(d) Harp.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Antoine de Riverol born?

2. How old was Jules-Hippolyte Percher when he was killed?

3. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?

4. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?

5. Who was put on trial for having translated Emile Zola's La Terre to English?

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