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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 Liberty and Co. located when it opened in London?
(a) Oxford Street.
(b) Regent Street.
(c) Abbey Road.
(d) Carnaby Street.

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

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

4. Who painted The Beguiling of Merlin?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Edward Burne-Jones.

5. During what years did Montesquiou share his life with Gabriel Yturri?
(a) 1865-1885.
(b) 1875-1895.
(c) 1885-1905.
(d) 1880-1890.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Ephraim McDowell operate on Jane Crawford to remove an ovarian cyst?

3. Who was Pozzi's cousin that was 20 years his senior and a well-known society doctor whose patients including the ruling family of Napoleon III?

4. Who fought in a duel with Catulle Mendes in 1901?

5. What is the name of the flamboyant aristocrat featured in A Rebours?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Marcel Proust?

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

3. What does Listerism refer to?

4. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

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

6. What does a dandy refer to?

7. Why was Oscar Wilde put on trial? What was the outcome?

8. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

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

10. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?

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