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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Emma Fischoff's father's profession?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was an art dealer.
(c) He was a politician.
(d) He was a banker.

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

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

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

5. Who presided over the Bazar de la Charite when it burned, killing many?
(a) Walter de la Mare.
(b) The Baron de Mackau.
(c) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

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

7. When did Jules Laforgue die?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1887.

8. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1893.

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

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

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

12. When was Jules Laforgue born?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1870.

13. Where was Emma Fischoff born?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Cannes.
(c) Paris.
(d) Florence.

14. 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) 50 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 75 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did John Singer Sargent paint Carolus-Duran?

3. What was the name of the famous racehorse that Emma Fischoff's husband Eugene owned?

4. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?

5. What did Catherine Pozzi name her pet chihuahua?

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