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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the matchmaker for Samuel Pozzi and his wife Therese?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Henri Cazalis.

2. Who painted the 1898 portrait of Jean Lorrain that is featured in the book?
(a) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(b) Antonio de la Gandara.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Edgar Degas.

3. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cannes.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

4. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?
(a) Israel in Egypt.
(b) Flavio.
(c) Agrippina.
(d) Alcina.

5. 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) "Ignoranice."
(b) "Abuse."
(c) "Brutality."
(d) "Hatred."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Antoine de Riverol born?

2. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?

3. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?

4. How old was Leon Daudet when he fought his first duel?

5. How old was Dr. Pozzi when he traveled to London with the prince and the count in 1885?

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