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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 was Pozzi's wife Therese's family from?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Paris.
(c) Florence.
(d) Cannes.

2. How old was Leon Daudet when he fought his first duel?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

3. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?
(a) 50.
(b) 150.
(c) 300.
(d) 250.

4. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?
(a) Edward Burne-Jones.
(b) Edmond de Polignac.
(c) Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?

2. Who wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies?

3. How much older was Dr. Adrien Proust than Dr. Pozzi?

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

5. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jean Lorrain?

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

3. Who was John Singer Sargent?

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

5. What is an aesthete?

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

7. Who was Guy de Maupassant?

8. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

9. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?

10. Who was Marcel Proust?

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