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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 Montesquiou when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 38.

2. How old was Dr. Pozzi when Sargent painted him in the red coat?
(a) 25.
(b) 35.
(c) 39.
(d) 42.

3. Who wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies?
(a) Georges Vanor.
(b) Hubert Juin.
(c) Edmond de Goncourt.
(d) James McNeill Whistler.

4. How much older was Dr. Adrien Proust than Dr. Pozzi?
(a) 15 years older.
(b) 6 years older.
(c) 3 yeas older.
(d) 12 years older.

5. Who fought in a duel with Catulle Mendes in 1901?
(a) Paul Duval.
(b) Georges Vanor.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?

3. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?

4. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

5. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jean Lorrain?

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

3. Who was Marcel Proust?

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

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

6. What is an aesthete?

7. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?

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

9. What does the Belle Époque refer to?

10. Who was John Singer Sargent?

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