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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. Where is Dr. Pozzi's left hand in the painting by Sargent?

2. What was Jean Lorrain's name at birth?

3. What gift did Pozzi receive from Montesquiou in June of 1884?

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

5. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jean Lorrain?

2. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

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

4. Who was John Singer Sargent?

5. Who was Guy de Maupassant?

6. What caused the initial problems between Dr. Pozzi and his wife?

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

8. What does Listerism refer to?

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

10. Who was Marcel Proust?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of literature in the Man in the Red Coat. Who are some of the most notable authors of the Belle Époque that are discussed in the book? What did they write? What literary styles emerged during this time period?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Pozzi's marriage to Thérèse Loth-Cazalis. When did they marry? How does the author characterize their marriage? What ultimately led to their separation? How did they live after separating?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Belle Époque. When and where did this era occur? What does the name mean? What are the principles of the period? How would you define the culture of this era?

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