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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Edmond de Polignac Prize was introduced, it was to be awarded annually by the Royal Society of Literature in London and was worth how much?
(a) 75 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

2. When did Jules Laforgue die?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1897.

3. What term is used to describe a surgery "in which healthy (or only mildly affected) ovaries were removed in order to provoke an artificial menopause and thus cure nervous troubles of various kinds" (140)?
(a) Roget's Operation.
(b) Martinez's Operation.
(c) Battey's Operation.
(d) Turette's Operation.

4. Who was the model for Sargent's painting Madame X?
(a) Amelie Gautreau.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Jean Charcot.
(d) Marie Colombier.

5. With whom did Catherine Pozzi first experience love, according to the author?
(a) Emma Fischoff.
(b) Audrey Deacon.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

6. Who wrote the opera Patience?
(a) Puccini.
(b) Handel.
(c) Gilbert and Sullivan.
(d) Mozart.

7. On her first outing as a grown-up girl at 14, Catherine Pozzi's father took her to see what opera?
(a) La Boheme.
(b) The Magic Flute.
(c) Don Giovanni.
(d) La Traviata.

8. When is the Self-portrait by Winnaretta Singer dated that is printed in the book?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1890.

9. How is Edmond de Polignac posed in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) Writing in a book at a desk.
(b) Standing at a table.
(c) Lounging in an armchair.
(d) Holding a Bible.

10. What did Catherine Pozzi name her pet chihuahua?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pete.
(d) Tod.

11. Who was Flaubert's favorite living painter in his lifetime?
(a) Antonio de la Gandara.
(b) Gustave Moreau.
(c) Edgar Degas.
(d) James Tissot.

12. Who did Dr. Pozzi quote in a speech when he said, "However empty the heavens above us might have now become, we should always be able to recognize amongst them the divine figure of Pity" (141)?
(a) Baudelair.
(b) Walter de la Mare.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Plato.

13. What does the author say bad smells are in the narrative?
(a) Regrets.
(b) Signs of warning.
(c) Sad memories.
(d) Good reminders.

14. What excuse did Dr. Pozzi have for his European excursion with Emma Fischoff in 1903?
(a) A gynecological conference in Bern.
(b) A gynecological conference in Athens.
(c) A business meeting in Paris.
(d) A medical convention in Oslo.

15. When did Count Robert de Montesquiou arrive in America for a four-city engagement?
(a) January, 1882.
(b) January, 1903.
(c) September, 1889.
(d) June, 1885.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Sarah Bernhardt's pet chimpanzee?

2. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?

3. What transparently autobiographical novella did Catherine Pozzi publish in 1927?

4. Who was Dr. Samuel Pozzi's 1992 biographer?

5. When did John Singer Sargent paint Carolus-Duran?

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