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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Picture, in which he defined "dandyism"?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Edgar Degas.

2. How old was Montesquiou when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 30.
(b) 38.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

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

4. What does the author claim art always has on its side?
(a) Truth.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Justice.
(d) Time.

5. When was the novel A Rebours published?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1902.

6. Where was Liberty and Co. located when it opened in London?
(a) Oxford Street.
(b) Regent Street.
(c) Abbey Road.
(d) Carnaby Street.

7. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1890.

8. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?
(a) 1660.
(b) 1590.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1700.

9. When was Antoine de Riverol born?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1753.
(d) 1726.

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

11. When did Robert Caze fight in a duel with Felicien Champsaur?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1879.

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

13. Where was Pozzi's wife Therese's family from?
(a) Cannes.
(b) Florence.
(c) Paris.
(d) Lyon.

14. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?
(a) Emma Fischoff.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(d) Alexandre Laboulbene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Antoine de Riverol die?

2. During what years did Montesquiou share his life with Gabriel Yturri?

3. Who was Pozzi's cousin that was 20 years his senior and a well-known society doctor whose patients including the ruling family of Napoleon III?

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

5. How old was Polignac when he traveled to London in 1885?

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