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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 46 - 86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Dr. Adrien Proust brushed by a stray bullet while walking to work?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1899.

2. How old was Polignac when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 42.
(b) 51.
(c) 41.
(d) 55.

3. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?
(a) 30.
(b) 22.
(c) 29.
(d) 25.

4. What is the name of the flamboyant aristocrat featured in A Rebours?
(a) Edmond de Polignac.
(b) Duc Jean Floressas des Esseintes.
(c) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(d) Alexandre Laboulbene.

5. When was Father and Son published?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old was Dr. Pozzi when Sargent painted him in the red coat?

4. Who was put on trial for having translated Emile Zola's La Terre to English?

5. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?

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