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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. Who wrote the opera La Muette de Portici?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Daniel Auber.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Walter de la Mare.

2. Who was Dr. Samuel Pozzi's 1992 biographer?
(a) Emma Fischoff.
(b) Claude Vanderpooten.
(c) Walter de la Mare.
(d) Marie Colombier.

3. 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) 2,000 francs.
(c) 3,000 francs.
(d) 500 francs.

4. When did Count Robert de Montesquiou arrive in America for a four-city engagement?
(a) January, 1882.
(b) September, 1889.
(c) June, 1885.
(d) January, 1903.

5. When did Edmond de Polignac marry Winnaretta Singer?
(a) March 12, 1882.
(b) December 15, 1893.
(c) March 3, 1902.
(d) September 5, 1888.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?

2. How old was Mallarme in 1867?

3. On what date did a fire break out at the Bazar de la Charite, an annual event organized by the Catholic aristocracy of France, according to the narrative?

4. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?

5. Who was a friend of Dr. Pozzi's and the author of Filrt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Charles Baudelaire?

2. Who was Georges Clairin?

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

4. Who was Gustave Flaubert?

5. Who was Jeanne Jacquemin?

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Odilon Redon?

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