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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. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

2. When did Paul Pozzi marry Miriam Ashcroft?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1885.

3. Around what year did Nadar take the first photographs of a hermaphrodite?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1870.

4. Who wrote Des Diaboliques?
(a) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

5. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Ines Escot-Meslon.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?

2. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?

3. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?

4. How old was Polignac when he traveled to London in 1885?

5. Who painted the 1898 portrait of Jean Lorrain that is featured in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a duel? What is its history?

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

4. What does a dandy refer to?

5. What does the Belle Époque refer to?

6. What is known about Montesquiou's sexual exploits, according to the author?

7. What literary device does the author reference and explain in the opening of the narrative?

8. What is the novel A Rebours about?

9. Who was Marcel Proust?

10. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

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