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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. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?
2. How much older was Dr. Adrien Proust than Dr. Pozzi?
3. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?
4. How old was Dr. Pozzi when he traveled to London with the prince and the count in 1885?
5. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is an aesthete?
2. What caused the initial problems between Dr. Pozzi and his wife?
3. When did the three Frenchmen arrive in London, according to the author's narrative in the opening of the book? Why were they there?
4. Who was Sarah Bernhardt and what role does she play in the narrative?
5. How does the author compare the sexual perspectives of those from England and those from France in the late nineteenth century?
6. What is the novel A Rebours about?
7. Who was Marcel Proust?
8. What is known about Montesquiou's sexual exploits, according to the author?
9. Give a brief bio of Dr. Pozzi. When was he born? When did he die? What was his profession?
10. Who was James Abbott McNeill Whistler?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the themes of family and infidelity in The Man in the Red Coat. How does the author develop these themes through his characterizations? How are they developed through action and setting? What symbols relate to these themes?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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