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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was A Rebours first translated to English?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1919.

2. When was the idea of ovariotomy first raised in France?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1788.

3. On what date did a fire break out at the Bazar de la Charite, an annual event organized by the Catholic aristocracy of France, according to the narrative?
(a) July 13, 1919.
(b) June 12, 1889.
(c) May 4, 1897.
(d) May 1, 1901.

4. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1882.

5. Who was Sarah Bernhardt's friend turned denouncer that called her "an untuned piano, an Achilles vulnerable everywhere but in the right place" (146)?
(a) Emma Fischoff.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Picture, in which he defined "dandyism"?

2. Where was Emma Fischoff born?

3. Where is Dr. Pozzi's right hand in the painting by Sargent?

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

5. When did Dr. Samuel Pozzi give his inaugural lecture as the first chair of gynecology in Paris?

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