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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ephraim McDowell operate on Jane Crawford to remove an ovarian cyst?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1811.

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

3. How much money did the dozen members of the gentlemen's club pay to be included in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) 2,000 francs.
(b) 500 francs.
(c) 3,000 francs.
(d) 1,000 francs.

4. What Belgian poet said of Jean Lorrain, he "loved his age to the point of detestation" (68)?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Paul Duval.
(c) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(d) Antonio de la Gandara.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after Polignac did his wife Winnaretta die?

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

3. How old was Leon Daudet when he fought his first duel?

4. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

5. Who wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies?

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