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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 183 - 226.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Samuel Pozzi injured in the Franco-Prussian War?
(a) He broke his leg in a trench.
(b) His ribs were broken when he fell off a cliff.
(c) A horse-drawn ambulance ran over his ankle.
(d) He was shot.

2. When was Samuel Pozzi invited to the World's Fair in Chicago as part of the official French delegation?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1879.

3. What utopian group of writers and artists did Georges Duhamel found in 1906?
(a) L' Abors.
(b) L'Abbaye de Musueu.
(c) Les Belle Epoche.
(d) L'Abbaye de Creteil.

4. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Hubert Juin.
(c) Georges Vanor.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

5. How old was Mallarme in 1867?
(a) 25.
(b) 22.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fought in a duel with Catulle Mendes in 1901?

2. When did Robert Caze fight in a duel with Felicien Champsaur?

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

4. What does the author claim art always has on its side?

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

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