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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?
(a) Picasso's.
(b) Dali's.
(c) Boldini's.
(d) Sargent's.

2. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2011.

3. Joseph Lister shoed that if all of his sterilization procedures were followed, the death rate of amputations fell from 50% to what percentage?
(a) 40%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 20$.

4. When did Paul Pozzi marry Miriam Ashcroft?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1885.

5. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) James McNeill Whistler.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the father of Leon Daudet?

3. When did Oscar Wilde meet Jean Lorrain?

4. When did Antoine de Riverol die?

5. What was Jean Lorrain's name at birth?

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