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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 play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Jean Lorrain.
(d) Moliere.

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

3. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1902.

4. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?
(a) 25.
(b) 22.
(c) 29.
(d) 30.

5. Who was the father of Leon Daudet?
(a) Oscar Daudet.
(b) Alphonse Daudet.
(c) Claude Daudet.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Emma Fischoff's father's profession?

2. What excuse did Dr. Pozzi have for his European excursion with Emma Fischoff in 1903?

3. When did Oscar Wilde meet Jean Lorrain?

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

5. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?

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