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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. Who did Catherine Pozzi marry in 1909?
(a) James Colombier.
(b) Edouard Bourdet.
(c) Edmond de Goncourt.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

2. Who was the model for Sargent's painting Madame X?
(a) Sarah Bernhardt.
(b) Amelie Gautreau.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Jean Charcot.

3. When did Dr. Samuel Pozzi give his inaugural lecture as the first chair of gynecology in Paris?
(a) May 1, 1901.
(b) June 12, 1889.
(c) July 13, 1919.
(d) September 25, 1918.

4. What term is used to describe a surgery "in which healthy (or only mildly affected) ovaries were removed in order to provoke an artificial menopause and thus cure nervous troubles of various kinds" (140)?
(a) Martinez's Operation.
(b) Turette's Operation.
(c) Roget's Operation.
(d) Battey's Operation.

5. When was Samuel Pozzi invited to the World's Fair in Chicago as part of the official French delegation?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dr. Pozzi publish Traite de gynecologie clinique et operatoire?

2. What did Winnaretta Singer's fortune come from?

3. What musical instrument was Leon Delafosse known for playing?

4. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?

5. When did Catherine Pozzi meet Paul Valery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Georges Clairin?

2. Who was Pierre Puvis de Chevannes?

3. What is A Picture of Dorian Gray about?

4. How does the author describe Prince Edmond de Polignac?

5. Why did Jean Lorrain attempt drawing Montesquiou into duels? How did Montesquiou respond?

6. What story is related of Léon Delafosse in the narrative?

7. Who was Gustave Flaubert?

8. What accolades did Pozzi receive on January 1, 1899?

9. What painting featuring Prince Edmond de Polignac is presented in the book? How is Polignac posed?

10. What did Pozzi's grandson Claude Bourdet say of him?

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