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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) Edward Burne-Jones.
(d) Henry James.

2. When did Flaubert die?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1903.

3. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

4. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum.
(b) The National Portrait Gallery.
(c) The Jeffrey Parks Art Gallery.
(d) The Whitney Museum of American Art.

5. Who painted The Beguiling of Merlin?
(a) Edward Burne-Jones.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was put on trial for having translated Emile Zola's La Terre to English?

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

3. When did Leconte de Lisle die?

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

5. When did Liberty and Co. open in London?

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