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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?
(a) Leah Lee.
(b) Emma Fischoff.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Emma de la Mare.

4. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?
(a) Candide.
(b) Les Lepillier.
(c) Les Strange.
(d) In Search of Lost Time.

5. What musical instrument was Leon Delafosse known for playing?
(a) Flute.
(b) Piano.
(c) Harp.
(d) Violin.

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

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

8. When did Oscar Wilde arrive in America for a yearlong, coast-to-coast tour?
(a) January, 1882.
(b) June, 1885.
(c) September, 1889.
(d) May, 1890.

9. Who did Catherine Pozzi marry in 1909?
(a) James Colombier.
(b) Walter de la Mare.
(c) Edmond de Goncourt.
(d) Edouard Bourdet.

10. When was the new chloroform room inaugurated at Broca for anaesthesizing patients before surgery?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1869.

11. 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) Turette's Operation.
(b) Roget's Operation.
(c) Martinez's Operation.
(d) Battey's Operation.

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

13. Who was a friend of Dr. Pozzi's and the author of Filrt?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Paul Duval.
(c) Paul Hervieu.
(d) Edgar Degas.

14. When did Dr. Pozzi publish Traite de gynecologie clinique et operatoire?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1850.

15. In 1882, Oscar Wilde gave John Singer Sargent a book of poetry by whom?
(a) James Tissot.
(b) Rennell Rodd.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Edgar Degas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse did Dr. Pozzi have for his European excursion with Emma Fischoff in 1903?

2. What was Emma Fischoff's father's profession?

3. When was Jules Laforgue born?

4. When was Lorrain's Monsieur de Phobas published?

5. How old was Catherine Pozzi in December of 1903?

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