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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Le Cercle de la rue Royale painted?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1868.

2. When did Catherine Pozzi meet Paul Valery?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1918.

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

4. What word from the text refers to the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation?
(a) Calumny.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Arbitration.

5. Who painted the grand fresco that was 4.40 meters wide and 2.75 meters high at the Broca?
(a) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(b) Walter de la Mare.
(c) Georges Clairin.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

6. How old was Winnaretta Singer when she married Edmond de Polignac?
(a) 32.
(b) 28.
(c) 22.
(d) 25.

7. Who among the subjects in Le Cercle de la rue Royale won the lottery to own the painting?
(a) Paul Duval.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Baron Hottinger.
(d) Edgar Degas.

8. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1902.

9. When was the Byzantine emperor Phocas decapitated?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1695.
(d) 1717.

10. How old was Mallarme in 1867?
(a) 22.
(b) 32.
(c) 25.
(d) 29.

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

12. When was Lorrain's Monsieur de Phobas published?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1899.

13. When was Samuel Pozzi invited to the World's Fair in Chicago as part of the official French delegation?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1882.

14. When did Flaubert die?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1880.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is defined in the book as "a collection of holes tied together with string" (101)?

3. Who was the model for the fresco Health Restored to the Sick at the Broca?

4. When did Jules Laforgue die?

5. How many years after Polignac did his wife Winnaretta die?

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