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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 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)?
(a) Baudelair.
(b) Plato.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

2. How old was Catherine Pozzi in December of 1903?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

3. When did Dr. Pozzi receive his doctorate on fistulas of the upper rectum?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1873.

4. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?
(a) 250.
(b) 50.
(c) 150.
(d) 300.

5. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?
(a) Holding a glass.
(b) On his chest.
(c) Holding a doctor's case.
(d) On his hip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Flaubert's favorite living painter in his lifetime?

2. Who wrote the opera Patience?

3. What was the name of the famous racehorse that Emma Fischoff's husband Eugene owned?

4. What is the name of the flamboyant aristocrat featured in A Rebours?

5. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?

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