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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Leconte de Lisle die?

2. When did Charles Meigs die?

3. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?

4. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

5. When did Paul Pozzi marry Miriam Ashcroft?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author compare the sexual perspectives of those from England and those from France in the late nineteenth century?

2. What literary device does the author reference and explain in the opening of the narrative?

3. What does the Belle Époque refer to?

4. Who was Jean Lorrain?

5. What is a duel? What is its history?

6. What is known about Montesquiou's sexual exploits, according to the author?

7. Who was James Abbott McNeill Whistler?

8. Why was Oscar Wilde put on trial? What was the outcome?

9. What does a dandy refer to?

10. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the practice of dueling during the Belle Époque. What were the basic principles of a duel? What were the rules and practices? How many duels took place? Did anyone die from duels?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the life of Dr. Samuel Pozzi. When and where was he born? What was his childhood like? Where did he study? What did he accomplish in his career?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the life of Prince Edmond de Polignac. When and where was he born? What was his family like? Where did he grow up? What was his status in France during the Belle Époque?

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