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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?
(a) Edward Burne-Jones.
(b) Moliere.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Edmond de Goncourt.

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

3. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Jean Lorrain.

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

5. Where was Gabriel Yturri from?
(a) Portugal.
(b) The United States.
(c) Argentinia.
(d) Brazil.

6. When was Jean Pozzi born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1884.

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

8. How old was Catherine Pozzi when she married?
(a) 30.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 22.

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

10. When did Liberty and Co. open in London?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1882.

11. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1873.

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

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

14. Where was Liberty and Co. located when it opened in London?
(a) Carnaby Street.
(b) Regent Street.
(c) Oxford Street.
(d) Abbey Road.

15. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2008.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was A Rebours first translated to English?

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

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

4. When did Robert Caze fight in a duel with Felicien Champsaur?

5. When was Father and Son published?

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