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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On her first outing as a grown-up girl at 14, Catherine Pozzi's father took her to see what opera?
(a) La Traviata.
(b) La Boheme.
(c) The Magic Flute.
(d) Don Giovanni.

2. Who did Dr. Pozzi quote in a speech when he said, "However empty the heavens above us might have now become, we should always be able to recognize amongst them the divine figure of Pity" (141)?
(a) Walter de la Mare.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Baudelair.
(d) Plato.

3. On what date did a fire break out at the Bazar de la Charite, an annual event organized by the Catholic aristocracy of France, according to the narrative?
(a) July 13, 1919.
(b) May 4, 1897.
(c) May 1, 1901.
(d) June 12, 1889.

4. When did Dr. Samuel Pozzi give his inaugural lecture as the first chair of gynecology in Paris?
(a) May 1, 1901.
(b) September 25, 1918.
(c) June 12, 1889.
(d) July 13, 1919.

5. Where was Emma Fischoff born?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cannes.
(c) Florence.
(d) Vienna.

6. Who was Dr. Samuel Pozzi's 1992 biographer?
(a) Walter de la Mare.
(b) Claude Vanderpooten.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Marie Colombier.

7. What was Jean Loorain's first novel?
(a) In Search of Lost Time.
(b) Les Strange.
(c) Les Lepillier.
(d) Candide.

8. Approximately how many people died in the fire at the Bazar de la Charite that is described in the narrative?
(a) 129.
(b) 210.
(c) 59.
(d) 79.

9. What transparently autobiographical novella did Catherine Pozzi publish in 1927?
(a) Emma.
(b) Agnes.
(c) The Lovers.
(d) Athena.

10. Who was Flaubert's favorite living painter in his lifetime?
(a) Antonio de la Gandara.
(b) Edgar Degas.
(c) James Tissot.
(d) Gustave Moreau.

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

12. Who wrote the opera La Muette de Portici?
(a) Walter de la Mare.
(b) Emma Fischoff.
(c) Marie Colombier.
(d) Daniel Auber.

13. What was Emma Fischoff's birth name?
(a) Emma Pozzi.
(b) Emma Bernhardt.
(c) Emma Sedelmeyer.
(d) Emma Laboulbene.

14. What did Winnaretta Singer's fortune come from?
(a) Oil.
(b) Sewing machines.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Flour.

15. How much money did the dozen members of the gentlemen's club pay to be included in Le Cercle de la rue Royale?
(a) 2,000 francs.
(b) 1,000 francs.
(c) 500 francs.
(d) 3,000 francs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Leon Delafosse taken up by Proust?

2. How old was Edmond de Polignac in 1892?

3. When was Jules Laforgue born?

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

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

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