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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. How much money did the dozen members of the gentlemen's club pay to be included in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) 1,000 francs.
(b) 500 francs.
(c) 2,000 francs.
(d) 3,000 francs.

2. Who painted Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Paul Duval.
(d) James Tissot.

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

4. When did John Singer Sargent send Dr. Pozzi at Home to the Royal Academy in London?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1919.

5. When was Lorrain's Monsieur de Phobas published?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1911.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Flaubert's favorite living painter in his lifetime?

2. How old was Catherine Pozzi in December of 1903?

3. When did Oscar Wilde arrive in America for a yearlong, coast-to-coast tour?

4. What transparently autobiographical novella did Catherine Pozzi publish in 1927?

5. When was the Byzantine emperor Phocas decapitated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are Catherine Pozzi's journals described?

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

5. What story is related of Léon Delafosse in the narrative?

6. Who was Charles Baudelaire?

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

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

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

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

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