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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. When did Antoine de Riverol die?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1815.

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

3. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1882.

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

5. Who was Samuel Pozzi's grandfather?
(a) Edouard.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Georges.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Leconte de Lisle die?

2. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?

3. Pushkin was killed in a duel with whom in 1837?

4. When did Reinwald publish Samuel Pozzi and Rene Benoit's translation of Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

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

5. Who was Jean Lorrain?

6. Who was Marcel Proust?

7. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

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

9. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?

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

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