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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 was the matchmaker for Samuel Pozzi and his wife Therese?
(a) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(b) Henri Cazalis.
(c) Edgar Degas.
(d) Hubert Juin.

2. How old was Samuel Pozzi when his son Jacques was born?
(a) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 55.

3. Who said "Art is killed by taste" (57)?
(a) Edmond de Goncourt.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) James McNeill Whistler.
(d) Hubert Juin.

4. What gift did Pozzi receive from Montesquiou in June of 1884?
(a) A pocket watch.
(b) A red coat.
(c) A pair of gloves.
(d) A traveling bag.

5. Who painted the 1898 portrait of Jean Lorrain that is featured in the book?
(a) Edgar Degas.
(b) Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
(c) Antonio de la Gandara.
(d) Hubert Juin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Jean Pozzi born?

2. How old was Leon Daudet when he fought his first duel?

3. Pushkin was killed in a duel with whom in 1837?

4. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

5. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?

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