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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) Truth.
(c) Justice.
(d) Time.

2. When did Dr. Pozzi publish Traite de gynecologie clinique et operatoire?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1890.

3. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?
(a) Emma de la Mare.
(b) Leah Lee.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Marie Colombier.

4. How old was Edmond de Polignac in 1892?
(a) 49.
(b) 62.
(c) 57.
(d) 51.

5. Who wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies?
(a) James McNeill Whistler.
(b) Hubert Juin.
(c) Edmond de Goncourt.
(d) Georges Vanor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once said, "Legend remains victoriaous, in spite of history" (195)?

2. Where was Pozzi's wife Therese's family from?

3. When is the Self-portrait by Winnaretta Singer dated that is printed in the book?

4. Who was Sarah Bernhardt's friend turned denouncer that called her "an untuned piano, an Achilles vulnerable everywhere but in the right place" (146)?

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

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