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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Montesquiou when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 35.
(b) 30.
(c) 38.
(d) 40.

2. Who was Samuel Pozzi's grandfather?
(a) Edouard.
(b) Georges.
(c) Henry.
(d) Dominique.

3. Who was put on trial for having translated Emile Zola's La Terre to English?
(a) Edmond de Polignac.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

4. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(b) Jean Lorrain.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Moliere.

5. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1875.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jean Lorrain publish Monsieur de Phocas?

2. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?

3. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?

4. How much older was Dr. Adrien Proust than Dr. Pozzi?

5. Who fought in a duel with Catulle Mendes in 1901?

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