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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 did Catherine Pozzi meet Paul Valery?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1925.

2. How old was Leon Daudet when he fought his first duel?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.

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

4. When was the painting Madame X completed?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1880.

5. Who was Dr. Samuel Pozzi's 1992 biographer?
(a) Walter de la Mare.
(b) Claude Vanderpooten.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around what year did Nadar take the first photographs of a hermaphrodite?

2. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?

3. In 1882, Oscar Wilde gave John Singer Sargent a book of poetry by whom?

4. How many kilograms did the ovarian cyst weigh that was removed from Keely Favell?

5. Who was the editorial director of Le Figaro and a friend of Dr. Pozzi's?

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