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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author quotes Samuel Pozzi in the book, saying that one of his best quotations is in his treatise on gynecology. Pozzi stated, "Chauvanism is one of the forms of" what (49)?
(a) "Hatred."
(b) "Ignoranice."
(c) "Brutality."
(d) "Abuse."

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

3. Where was Gabriel Yturri from?
(a) Argentinia.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Brazil.
(d) The United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. When did Oscar Wilde meet Jean Lorrain?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1899.

13. Around what year did Nadar take the first photographs of a hermaphrodite?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1840.

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

15. When did Paul Broca die?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?

2. When was Charles Meigs born?

3. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?

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

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

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