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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 133 - 183.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did John Singer Sargent send Dr. Pozzi at Home to the Royal Academy in London?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1882.

3. When did John Singer Sargent paint Carolus-Duran?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1879.

4. When was A Rebours first translated to English?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1922.

5. Who wrote the opera La Muette de Portici?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Walter de la Mare.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Daniel Auber.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Oscar Wilde arrive in America for a yearlong, coast-to-coast tour?

2. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?

3. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?

4. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?

5. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?

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