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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With what engraver did Jeanne Jacquemin live in Sevres?
(a) Dutilleux.
(b) Lauzet.
(c) Garza.
(d) Gaudens.

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

5. How old was Edmond de Polignac in 1892?
(a) 57.
(b) 49.
(c) 51.
(d) 62.

6. 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) 200 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

7. What did Winnaretta Singer's fortune come from?
(a) Maple syrup.
(b) Sewing machines.
(c) Flour.
(d) Oil.

8. What was Emma Fischoff's birth name?
(a) Emma Laboulbene.
(b) Emma Sedelmeyer.
(c) Emma Pozzi.
(d) Emma Bernhardt.

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

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

11. What is defined in the book as "a collection of holes tied together with string" (101)?
(a) Print journalism.
(b) Biography.
(c) Mass media.
(d) History.

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

13. 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) Battey's Operation.
(c) Turette's Operation.
(d) Martinez's Operation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Le Cercle de la rue Royale now located?

2. How much money did the dozen members of the gentlemen's club pay to be included in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?

3. Who among the subjects in Le Cercle de la rue Royale won the lottery to own the painting?

4. How is Edmond de Polignac posed in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?

5. Who did Catherine Pozzi marry in 1909?

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