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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) "Abuse."
(b) "Brutality."
(c) "Hatred."
(d) "Ignoranice."

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

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

4. Who was the father of Leon Daudet?
(a) Claude Daudet.
(b) Alphonse Daudet.
(c) Edward Vizetelly.
(d) Oscar Daudet.

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

6. Who was the count among the three men who are described visiting London in 1885?
(a) Edmond de Goncourt.
(b) Edward Burne-Jones.
(c) Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac.
(d) Edmond de Polignac.

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

8. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2015.

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

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

11. How old was Polignac when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 42.
(b) 55.
(c) 41.
(d) 51.

12. Who was put on trial for having translated Emile Zola's La Terre to English?
(a) Edmond de Polignac.
(b) Edward Vizetelly.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Joris-Karl Huysmans.

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

14. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?
(a) Dali's.
(b) Picasso's.
(c) Sargent's.
(d) Boldini's.

15. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted the 1898 portrait of Jean Lorrain that is featured in the book?

2. Who wrote The Earth and the Biblical Story of Its Creation?

3. Who painted The Beguiling of Merlin?

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

5. 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?

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