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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1882, Oscar Wilde gave John Singer Sargent a book of poetry by whom?
(a) James Tissot.
(b) Marie Colombier.
(c) Rennell Rodd.
(d) Edgar Degas.

2. When did John Singer Sargent paint Carolus-Duran?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1865.

3. When did Edmond de Goncourt die?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1888.

4. When did Ephraim McDowell operate on Jane Crawford to remove an ovarian cyst?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1882.

5. Where was Pozzi's wife Therese's family from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cannes.
(c) Lyon.
(d) Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Le Cercle de la rue Royale now located?

2. Who was the model for Sargent's painting Madame X?

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

4. How is Edmond de Polignac posed in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?

5. 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?

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