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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the novel A Rebours published?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1875.

2. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?
(a) Hubert Juin.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) Georges Vanor.
(d) Baudelaire.

3. How old was Montesquiou when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 38.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

4. How old was Polignac when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 41.
(b) 51.
(c) 55.
(d) 42.

5. How much older was Dr. Adrien Proust than Dr. Pozzi?
(a) 6 years older.
(b) 3 yeas older.
(c) 12 years older.
(d) 15 years older.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?

2. Who painted The Beguiling of Merlin?

3. When was Charles Meigs born?

4. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?

5. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the three Frenchmen arrive in London, according to the author's narrative in the opening of the book? Why were they there?

2. From where do the portraits of a number of celebrities in the book arise?

3. What is the novel A Rebours about?

4. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

5. What painting inspired the author to write this book? Why?

6. Who was John Singer Sargent?

7. Who was Guy de Maupassant?

8. What caused the initial problems between Dr. Pozzi and his wife?

9. Who was Sarah Bernhardt and what role does she play in the narrative?

10. What does the Belle Époque refer to?

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