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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 133 - 183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Lorrain's Monsieur de Phobas published?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1899.

2. How is Edmond de Polignac posed in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) Writing in a book at a desk.
(b) Holding a Bible.
(c) Standing at a table.
(d) Lounging in an armchair.

3. Who fought in a duel with Catulle Mendes in 1901?
(a) Georges Vanor.
(b) Edmond de Goncourt.
(c) Paul Duval.
(d) Hubert Juin.

4. When did Charles Meigs die?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1899.

5. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?
(a) Emma de la Mare.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Leah Lee.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jules Laforgue die?

2. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?

3. What word from the text refers to the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation?

4. Who was the model for Sargent's painting Madame X?

5. Who is referred to in the book as "the poet-dandy's poet-dandy" (54)?

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