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

2. Who was the father of Leon Daudet?
(a) Oscar Daudet.
(b) Alphonse Daudet.
(c) Claude Daudet.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

3. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) Georges Vanor.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

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

5. When was Father and Son published?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?

2. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

3. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?

4. When was Dr. Adrien Proust brushed by a stray bullet while walking to work?

5. Who painted the 1898 portrait of Jean Lorrain that is featured in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a dandy refer to?

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

3. Who was James Abbott McNeill Whistler?

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

5. From where do the portraits of a number of celebrities in the book arise?

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

7. Who was Guy de Maupassant?

8. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?

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

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

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