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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?
(a) Flavio.
(b) Israel in Egypt.
(c) Agrippina.
(d) Alcina.

2. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum.
(b) The National Portrait Gallery.
(c) The Jeffrey Parks Art Gallery.
(d) The Whitney Museum of American Art.

3. When did Gille de la Tourette die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1888.

4. How many years after Polignac did his wife Winnaretta die?
(a) 32.
(b) 25.
(c) 38.
(d) 42.

5. Who was Flaubert's favorite living painter in his lifetime?
(a) Gustave Moreau.
(b) James Tissot.
(c) Antonio de la Gandara.
(d) Edgar Degas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the novel A Rebours published?

2. When did Leconte de Lisle die?

3. When was Antoine de Riverol born?

4. How old was Winnaretta Singer when she married Edmond de Polignac?

5. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?

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