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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 87 - 133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Leon Daudet fight his first duel?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1885.

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

3. Who was Flaubert's favorite living painter in his lifetime?
(a) Antonio de la Gandara.
(b) Gustave Moreau.
(c) James Tissot.
(d) Edgar Degas.

4. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?
(a) Ines Escot-Meslon.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Sarah Bernhardt.

5. How old was Polignac when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 41.
(b) 55.
(c) 42.
(d) 51.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jules-Hippolyte Percher when he was killed?

2. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?

3. When did Ephraim McDowell operate on Jane Crawford to remove an ovarian cyst?

4. Under whom did Gille de la Tourette train at the Salpetriere Hospital?

5. When did Flaubert die?

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