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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did Oscar Wilde meet Jean Lorrain?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1899.
2. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?
(a) Catherine Pozzi.
(b) Emma Fischoff.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Sarah Bernhardt.
3. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?
(a) Ines Escot-Meslon.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Emma Fischoff.
4. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Jean Lorrain.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(d) Moliere.
5. How old was Montesquiou when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 38.
(d) 30.
6. What Belgian poet said of Jean Lorrain, he "loved his age to the point of detestation" (68)?
(a) Paul Duval.
(b) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(c) Antonio de la Gandara.
(d) Hubert Juin.
7. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1873.
8. How old was Jules-Hippolyte Percher when he was killed?
(a) 29.
(b) 37.
(c) 42.
(d) 32.
9. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?
(a) On his hip.
(b) On his chest.
(c) Holding a glass.
(d) Holding a doctor's case.
10. Around what year did Nadar take the first photographs of a hermaphrodite?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1840.
11. Where was Pozzi's wife Therese's family from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cannes.
(c) Florence.
(d) Lyon.
12. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) Edward Burne-Jones.
(d) Moliere.
13. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) James McNeill Whistler.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.
14. How was Samuel Pozzi injured in the Franco-Prussian War?
(a) His ribs were broken when he fell off a cliff.
(b) A horse-drawn ambulance ran over his ankle.
(c) He broke his leg in a trench.
(d) He was shot.
15. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2008.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author claim art always has on its side?
2. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
3. Who wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies?
4. When did Robert Caze fight in a duel with Felicien Champsaur?
5. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?
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