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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Reinwald publish Samuel Pozzi and Rene Benoit's translation of Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1889.

2. Who painted the 1898 portrait of Jean Lorrain that is featured in the book?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Antonio de la Gandara.
(d) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.

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

4. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?
(a) 25.
(b) 29.
(c) 30.
(d) 22.

5. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum.
(b) The Jeffrey Parks Art Gallery.
(c) The National Portrait Gallery.
(d) The Whitney Museum of American Art.

6. When was Jean Pozzi born?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1895.

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

8. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
(a) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

9. When did Charles Meigs die?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1871.

10. When did Leon Daudet fight his first duel?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1885.

11. Who wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies?
(a) James McNeill Whistler.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) Georges Vanor.
(d) Hubert Juin.

12. Who fought in a duel with Catulle Mendes in 1901?
(a) Georges Vanor.
(b) Paul Duval.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

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

14. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 55.

15. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Jean Lorrain.
(b) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(c) Moliere.
(d) Alexandre Laboulbene.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Dr. Pozzi when he traveled to London with the prince and the count in 1885?

3. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?

4. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?

5. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?

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