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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. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?

2. How old was Dr. Pozzi when he traveled to London with the prince and the count in 1885?

3. Who wrote The Picture, in which he defined "dandyism"?

4. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

5. Joseph Lister shoed that if all of his sterilization procedures were followed, the death rate of amputations fell from 50% to what percentage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

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

3. Who was Jean Lorrain?

4. Give a brief bio of Dr. Pozzi. When was he born? When did he die? What was his profession?

5. Who was Marcel Proust?

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

7. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?

8. Who was James Abbott McNeill Whistler?

9. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

10. When did the three Frenchmen arrive in London, according to the author's narrative in the opening of the book? Why were they there?

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

Discuss the British perceptions of the French during the period of the Belle Époque. Did the British consider themselves morally superior or inferior to the French? Why? How was French art perceived in England?

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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