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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 the Byzantine emperor Phocas decapitated?
(a) 1695.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1650.
(d) 1717.

2. With whom did Catherine Pozzi first experience love, according to the author?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Emma Fischoff.
(c) Audrey Deacon.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

3. How old was Winnaretta Singer when she married Edmond de Polignac?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 28.
(d) 32.

4. When was Jules Laforgue born?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1850.

5. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?
(a) Les Lepillier.
(b) Les Strange.
(c) In Search of Lost Time.
(d) Candide.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Catherine Pozzi name her pet chihuahua?

3. When did Flaubert die?

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

5. How is Edmond de Polignac posed in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nature of Dr. Pozzi's relationship with Emma Fischoff?

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

3. What rumors abounded about Sarah Bernhardt's sexuality?

4. Who did Prince Edmond de Polignac marry? How is their marriage characterized?

5. What does Battey's Operation refer to?

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

7. Who was Pierre Puvis de Chevannes?

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

9. Who was Charles Baudelaire?

10. Who was Gustave Moreau?

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