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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 Jean Lorrain publish Monsieur de Phocas?

2. Who wrote Des Diaboliques?

3. When was A Rebours first translated to English?

4. Who was the count among the three men who are described visiting London in 1885?

5. What Belgian poet said of Jean Lorrain, he "loved his age to the point of detestation" (68)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Belle Époque refer to?

3. Who was Marcel Proust?

4. What does Listerism refer to?

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

6. What does a dandy refer to?

7. Who was John Singer Sargent?

8. Who was Jean Lorrain?

9. Who was James Abbott McNeill Whistler?

10. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Edmond de Goncourt and why is he important in the narrative? What publications did Edmond de Goncourt publish? Who did he know among the elite circles of France?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of sexuality in The Man in the Red Coat. What individuals in this biography are described as likely homosexual? Why? How was homosexuality perceived at this time? What laws banned homosexual acts and how frequently were they invoked?

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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