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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. What was the name of the famous racehorse that Emma Fischoff's husband Eugene owned?
(a) Tolkien.
(b) Rushmore.
(c) Dandolo.
(d) Bullet.

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

3. When did Jules Laforgue die?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1902.

4. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?
(a) Leah Lee.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Emma de la Mare.

5. When did Oscar Wilde arrive in America for a yearlong, coast-to-coast tour?
(a) May, 1890.
(b) January, 1882.
(c) September, 1889.
(d) June, 1885.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many people died in the fire at the Bazar de la Charite that is described in the narrative?

2. When did Catherine Pozzi meet Paul Valery?

3. Who wrote the opera La Muette de Portici?

4. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?

5. What does the author say bad smells are in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Emma Fischoff born and raised? What was her family like?

2. Who was Odilon Redon?

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

4. Who was Jeanne Jacquemin?

5. Who was Georges Clairin?

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

7. Describe the works of Edgar Degas. What was his style?

8. Who wrote the novella Agnes and what is it about?

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

10. Who was Gustave Flaubert?

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