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

2. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?
(a) 29.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 22.

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

4. How old was Dr. Pozzi when he traveled to London with the prince and the count in 1885?
(a) 28.
(b) 42.
(c) 38.
(d) 32.

5. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1620.
(c) 1590.
(d) 1660.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Leconte de Lisle die?

3. When did Montesquiou and Polignac meet?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jean Lorrain?

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

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

4. What is an aesthete?

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

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

7. Who was Marcel Proust?

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

9. How does the author compare the sexual perspectives of those from England and those from France in the late nineteenth century?

10. Who was James Abbott McNeill Whistler?

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