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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote the opera Patience?
(a) Gilbert and Sullivan.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Handel.
(d) Puccini.
2. When did Catherine Pozzi undergo an appendectomy?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1899.
3. How old was Winnaretta Singer when she married Edmond de Polignac?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 28.
4. Who was Flaubert's favorite living painter in his lifetime?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) Gustave Moreau.
(c) James Tissot.
(d) Antonio de la Gandara.
5. What was Emma Fischoff's father's profession?
(a) He was an art dealer.
(b) He was a politician.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was a lawyer.
6. What was the name of Sarah Bernhardt's pet chimpanzee?
(a) Pete.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Roger.
(d) Bobo.
7. With whom did Catherine Pozzi first experience love, according to the author?
(a) Emma Fischoff.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Walter de la Mare.
(d) Audrey Deacon.
8. When was Samuel Pozzi invited to the World's Fair in Chicago as part of the official French delegation?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1882.
9. Under whom did Gille de la Tourette train at the Salpetriere Hospital?
(a) Paul Hervieu.
(b) Jean Charcot.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Paul Duval.
10. Under what name did Madame Ernest Stern write poetry?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Edward Vizetelly.
(c) Maria Star.
(d) Walter de la Mare.
11. 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) William Shakespeare.
(c) Plato.
(d) Walter de la Mare.
12. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?
(a) Candide.
(b) In Search of Lost Time.
(c) Les Strange.
(d) Les Lepillier.
13. Who painted Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) James Tissot.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Paul Duval.
14. When was Lorrain's Monsieur de Phobas published?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1895.
15. When did Gille de la Tourette die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1888.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what date did a fire break out at the Bazar de la Charite, an annual event organized by the Catholic aristocracy of France, according to the narrative?
2. What musical instrument was Leon Delafosse known for playing?
3. When was the painting Madame X completed?
4. In 1882, Oscar Wilde gave John Singer Sargent a book of poetry by whom?
5. What is defined in the book as "a collection of holes tied together with string" (101)?
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