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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 was Antoine de Riverol born?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1726.
(c) 1753.
(d) 1779.
2. Joseph Lister shoed that if all of his sterilization procedures were followed, the death rate of amputations fell from 50% to what percentage?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20$.
(c) 40%.
(d) 10%.
3. Where was Liberty and Co. located when it opened in London?
(a) Carnaby Street.
(b) Abbey Road.
(c) Oxford Street.
(d) Regent Street.
4. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?
(a) Edmond de Polignac.
(b) Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac.
(c) Edward Burne-Jones.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.
5. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?
2. Who was put on trial for having translated Emile Zola's La Terre to English?
3. Who was the matchmaker for Samuel Pozzi and his wife Therese?
4. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?
5. Who wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused the initial problems between Dr. Pozzi and his wife?
2. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?
3. Who was James Abbott McNeill Whistler?
4. What does the Belle Époque refer to?
5. Give a brief bio of Dr. Pozzi. When was he born? When did he die? What was his profession?
6. When did the three Frenchmen arrive in London, according to the author's narrative in the opening of the book? Why were they there?
7. Who was Gabriel Yturri?
8. What painting inspired the author to write this book? Why?
9. From where do the portraits of a number of celebrities in the book arise?
10. How does the author compare the sexual perspectives of those from England and those from France in the late nineteenth century?
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