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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. Where is the Le Cercle de la rue Royale now located?
(a) Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris.
(b) The Musee d'Orsay.
(c) Art Ludique.
(d) Cabinet des Médailles.

2. How old was Mallarme in 1867?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 22.

3. When did John Singer Sargent paint Carolus-Duran?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1871.

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

5. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. How old was Edmond de Polignac in 1892?

3. When was the new chloroform room inaugurated at Broca for anaesthesizing patients before surgery?

4. What word from the text refers to the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation?

5. Who among the subjects in Le Cercle de la rue Royale won the lottery to own the painting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the painting Madame X. Who painted it and who is the subject?

4. Who was Pierre Puvis de Chevannes?

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

6. Who was Odilon Redon?

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

8. Who was Charles Baudelaire?

9. How are Catherine Pozzi's journals described?

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

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