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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
(a) Joris-Karl Huysmans.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Edward Vizetelly.

2. With what famous actress did Dr. Pozzi have an ongoing affair and friendship?
(a) Marie Colombier.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Catherine Pozzi.
(d) Emma Fischoff.

3. How old was Jules-Hippolyte Percher when he was killed?
(a) 32.
(b) 42.
(c) 37.
(d) 29.

4. When was Charles Meigs born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1792.
(d) 1818.

5. What Belgian poet said of Jean Lorrain, he "loved his age to the point of detestation" (68)?
(a) Paul Duval.
(b) Antonio de la Gandara.
(c) Hubert Juin.
(d) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?

2. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?

3. How was Samuel Pozzi injured in the Franco-Prussian War?

4. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?

5. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?

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