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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. Who was the father of Leon Daudet?

2. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?

3. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?

4. Around what year did Nadar take the first photographs of a hermaphrodite?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was John Singer Sargent?

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

5. What does Listerism refer to?

6. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

7. Who was Gabriel Yturri?

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

9. What is an aesthete?

10. What is the novel A Rebours about?

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 the novel A Rebours. Why does this novel reappear frequently in The Man with the Red Coat? Who wrote the novel? What is it about?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of art in The Man in the Red Coat. Why is art important in the era of the Belle Époque? How was it important in the lives of the three main individuals in focus in the book? What style of art did these individuals embrace?

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