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

2. Under whom did Gille de la Tourette train at the Salpetriere Hospital?
(a) Jean Charcot.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Paul Hervieu.
(d) Paul Duval.

3. When was Le Cercle de la rue Royale painted?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1879.

4. What word from the text refers to the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Arbitration.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Calumny.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Sarah Bernhardt's friend turned denouncer that called her "an untuned piano, an Achilles vulnerable everywhere but in the right place" (146)?

2. When was the painting Madame X completed?

3. When did Edmond de Polignac marry Winnaretta Singer?

4. When was Jules Laforgue born?

5. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Charles Baudelaire?

4. Who was Gustave Moreau?

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

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

7. How are Catherine Pozzi's journals described?

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

9. Who was Gustave Flaubert?

10. Who was Jeanne Jacquemin?

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