View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Within a Budding Grove published?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1909.

2. When was the painting Madame X completed?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1880.

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

4. In 1882, Oscar Wilde gave John Singer Sargent a book of poetry by whom?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Rennell Rodd.
(d) James Tissot.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Emma Fischoff's birth name?

2. With whom did Catherine Pozzi first experience love, according to the author?

3. When did Paul Broca die?

4. What excuse did Dr. Pozzi have for his European excursion with Emma Fischoff in 1903?

5. During what years did Montesquiou share his life with Gabriel Yturri?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 159 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample