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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 wrote The Picture, in which he defined "dandyism"?
(a) Edmond de Goncourt.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Edgar Degas.
(d) Hubert Juin.

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

3. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1888.

4. Who was the matchmaker for Samuel Pozzi and his wife Therese?
(a) Henri Cazalis.
(b) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Edgar Degas.

5. Who painted Arrangement in Black and Gold (1891-1892)?
(a) James Tissot.
(b) James Whistler.
(c) Edgar Degas.
(d) Marie Colombier.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?

3. Who was Pozzi's cousin that was 20 years his senior and a well-known society doctor whose patients including the ruling family of Napoleon III?

4. Who among the subjects in Le Cercle de la rue Royale won the lottery to own the painting?

5. Who wrote The Earth and the Biblical Story of Its Creation?

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