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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 wrote the opera Patience?

2. When was Lorrain's Monsieur de Phobas published?

3. When was the new chloroform room inaugurated at Broca for anaesthesizing patients before surgery?

4. Who did Dr. Pozzi quote in a speech when he said, "However empty the heavens above us might have now become, we should always be able to recognize amongst them the divine figure of Pity" (141)?

5. Under whom did Gille de la Tourette train at the Salpetriere Hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote the novella Agnes and what is it about?

2. Describe the works of Edgar Degas. What was his style?

3. How does the author describe Prince Edmond de Polignac?

4. Who was Jeanne Jacquemin?

5. What did Pozzi's grandson Claude Bourdet say of him?

6. Who was Georges Clairin?

7. Where was Emma Fischoff born and raised? What was her family like?

8. What was the nature of Dr. Pozzi's relationship with Emma Fischoff?

9. What does Battey's Operation refer to?

10. What painting featuring Prince Edmond de Polignac is presented in the book? How is Polignac posed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the medical advances that took place during the Belle Époque. What countries led the world in medical advances? What advances were made? How was Dr. Pozzi a part of those advancements?

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

Describe and discuss the life of Dr. Samuel Pozzi. When and where was he born? What was his childhood like? Where did he study? What did he accomplish in his career?

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