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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) 1902.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1855.

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

3. What transparently autobiographical novella did Catherine Pozzi publish in 1927?
(a) Athena.
(b) The Lovers.
(c) Emma.
(d) Agnes.

4. Where was the painter Felix Ziem from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Holland.
(d) France.

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

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

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

8. Approximately how many people died in the fire at the Bazar de la Charite that is described in the narrative?
(a) 210.
(b) 129.
(c) 59.
(d) 79.

9. When did Catherine Pozzi undergo an appendectomy?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1895.

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

11. How old was Catherine Pozzi in December of 1903?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 26.

12. Under whom did Gille de la Tourette train at the Salpetriere Hospital?
(a) Paul Duval.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Paul Hervieu.
(d) Jean Charcot.

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

14. What was the name of Sarah Bernhardt's pet chimpanzee?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Roger.
(c) Bobo.
(d) Pete.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jules Laforgue die?

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

3. What did Winnaretta Singer's fortune come from?

4. When was the painting Madame X completed?

5. What does the author say bad smells are in the narrative?

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