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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. In 1882, Oscar Wilde gave John Singer Sargent a book of poetry by whom?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Rennell Rodd.
(d) James Tissot.

2. When did Catherine Pozzi meet Paul Valery?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1920.

3. Who among the subjects in Le Cercle de la rue Royale won the lottery to own the painting?
(a) Baron Hottinger.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) Paul Duval.
(d) Marie Colombier.

4. What did Winnaretta Singer's fortune come from?
(a) Oil.
(b) Flour.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Sewing machines.

5. With what engraver did Jeanne Jacquemin live in Sevres?
(a) Lauzet.
(b) Garza.
(c) Dutilleux.
(d) Gaudens.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jules Laforgue die?

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

3. When was Le Cercle de la rue Royale painted?

4. How many years after Polignac did his wife Winnaretta die?

5. When did Catherine Pozzi undergo an appendectomy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Battey's Operation refer to?

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

3. How are Catherine Pozzi's journals described?

4. Who was Georges Clairin?

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

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

7. What did Dr. Pozzi warn his fellow doctors about in his inaugural address as the chair of gynecology?

8. What is A Picture of Dorian Gray about?

9. Who was Gustave Flaubert?

10. Who was Charles Baudelaire?

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