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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 87 - 133.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Pozzi's cousin that was 20 years his senior and a well-known society doctor whose patients including the ruling family of Napoleon III?
(a) Jean Lorrain.
(b) Edmond de Polignac.
(c) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(d) Alexandre Laboulbene.

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

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

4. When was Antoine de Riverol born?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1753.
(d) 1726.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did Montesquiou share his life with Gabriel Yturri?

2. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?

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

4. When did John Singer Sargent paint Carolus-Duran?

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

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