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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 were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?
(a) 1660.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1620.
(d) 1590.

2. Around what year did Nadar take the first photographs of a hermaphrodite?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1870.

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

4. When did Paul Broca die?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1880.

5. How was Samuel Pozzi injured in the Franco-Prussian War?
(a) He was shot.
(b) A horse-drawn ambulance ran over his ankle.
(c) His ribs were broken when he fell off a cliff.
(d) He broke his leg in a trench.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older was Dr. Adrien Proust than Dr. Pozzi?

2. At least how many duels took place in Paris between 1895 and 1905?

3. How old was Jules-Hippolyte Percher when he was killed?

4. Who painted The Beguiling of Merlin?

5. Who was the matchmaker for Samuel Pozzi and his wife Therese?

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