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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On her first outing as a grown-up girl at 14, Catherine Pozzi's father took her to see what opera?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) La Traviata.
(c) La Boheme.
(d) The Magic Flute.

2. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?
(a) Edward Burne-Jones.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) Edmond de Polignac.
(d) Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac.

3. How old was Edmond de Polignac in 1892?
(a) 62.
(b) 49.
(c) 57.
(d) 51.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Edmond de Polignac Prize was introduced, it was to be awarded annually by the Royal Society of Literature in London and was worth how much?

3. What was Emma Fischoff's birth name?

4. Who did Dr. Pozzi quote in a speech when he said, "However empty the heavens above us might have now become, we should always be able to recognize amongst them the divine figure of Pity" (141)?

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

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