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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 did Gille de la Tourette die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1903.

2. When did Jules Laforgue die?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1919.

3. When was Samuel Pozzi invited to the World's Fair in Chicago as part of the official French delegation?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1882.

4. Who received the first Edmond de Polignac Prize in 1911?
(a) Edward Vizetelly.
(b) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(c) Walter de la Mare.
(d) Marie Colombier.

5. Where was the painter Felix Ziem from?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Holland.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dr. Samuel Pozzi give his inaugural lecture as the first chair of gynecology in Paris?

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

3. 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)?

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

5. Who presided over the Bazar de la Charite when it burned, killing many?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Odilon Redon?

5. Who was Jeanne Jacquemin?

6. Who was Georges Clairin?

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

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

9. What does Battey's Operation refer to?

10. What painting featuring Prince Edmond de Polignac is presented in the book? How is Polignac posed?

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