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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?
(a) Emma Fischoff.
(b) Catherine Pozzi.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Marie Colombier.

2. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?
(a) Agrippina.
(b) Alcina.
(c) Israel in Egypt.
(d) Flavio.

3. Who wrote Des Diaboliques?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(c) Edgar Degas.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

4. How old was Jules-Hippolyte Percher when he was killed?
(a) 37.
(b) 42.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

5. Joseph Lister shoed that if all of his sterilization procedures were followed, the death rate of amputations fell from 50% to what percentage?
(a) 40%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 20$.
(d) 10%.

6. Where is Dr. Pozzi's right hand in the painting by Sargent?
(a) On his head.
(b) On his chest.
(c) On his hip.
(d) Holding a glass.

7. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?
(a) On his chest.
(b) Holding a glass.
(c) On his hip.
(d) Holding a doctor's case.

8. Pushkin was killed in a duel with whom in 1837?
(a) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(b) Edmond de Polignac.
(c) Edward Vizetelly.
(d) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.

9. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) James McNeill Whistler.
(d) Edgar Degas.

10. During what years did Montesquiou share his life with Gabriel Yturri?
(a) 1885-1905.
(b) 1865-1885.
(c) 1875-1895.
(d) 1880-1890.

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

12. When was Dr. Adrien Proust brushed by a stray bullet while walking to work?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1899.

13. When was Father and Son published?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1907.

14. What was Jean Lorrain's name at birth?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Paul Duval.
(c) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(d) Antonio de la Gandara.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the novel A Rebours published?

2. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?

3. When did Liberty and Co. open in London?

4. When was Jean Pozzi born?

5. When did Charles Meigs die?

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