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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 wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
(a) Edward Vizetelly.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Joris-Karl Huysmans.

2. When was A Rebours first translated to English?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1922.

3. When did Charles Meigs die?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1869.

4. Who fought in a duel with Catulle Mendes in 1901?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Georges Vanor.
(c) Edmond de Goncourt.
(d) Paul Duval.

5. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?
(a) Edmond de Goncourt.
(b) Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac.
(c) Edmond de Polignac.
(d) Edward Burne-Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?

2. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?

3. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?

4. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?

5. Who wrote The Picture, in which he defined "dandyism"?

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