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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 does the author claim art always has on its side?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Time.
(c) Justice.
(d) Truth.

2. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1902.

3. When was the idea of ovariotomy first raised in France?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1788.

4. The author quotes Samuel Pozzi in the book, saying that one of his best quotations is in his treatise on gynecology. Pozzi stated, "Chauvanism is one of the forms of" what (49)?
(a) "Brutality."
(b) "Hatred."
(c) "Abuse."
(d) "Ignoranice."

5. When did Therese and her mother move out from their home with Samuel Pozzi to 33 avenue Hoche?
(a) June 23, 1899.
(b) July 15, 1909.
(c) May 5, 1900.
(d) May 12, 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the opera La Muette de Portici?

2. When did Robert Caze fight in a duel with Felicien Champsaur?

3. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?

4. What does the author say bad smells are in the narrative?

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

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