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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mallarme in 1867?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 25.
(d) 22.

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

3. When did Robert Caze fight in a duel with Felicien Champsaur?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1902.

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

5. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John Singer Sargent paint Carolus-Duran?

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

3. How much money did the dozen members of the gentlemen's club pay to be included in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?

4. During what years did Montesquiou share his life with Gabriel Yturri?

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

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