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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. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?
(a) On his hip.
(b) Holding a doctor's case.
(c) Holding a glass.
(d) On his chest.

2. When was Dr. Adrien Proust brushed by a stray bullet while walking to work?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1871.

3. Who was the mother of Caliban in The Tempest?
(a) Ataranus.
(b) Sycorax.
(c) Algeron.
(d) Leiah.

4. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Catherine Pozzi.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Antoine de Riverol die?

2. When was Father and Son published?

3. Who was Samuel Pozzi's grandfather?

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

5. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

2. Give a brief bio of Dr. Pozzi. When was he born? When did he die? What was his profession?

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

4. Who was Jean Lorrain?

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

6. Who was Guy de Maupassant?

7. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

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

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

10. What is the novel A Rebours about?

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