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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Catherine Pozzi first experience love, according to the author?
(a) Audrey Deacon.
(b) Walter de la Mare.
(c) Emma Fischoff.
(d) Marie Colombier.

2. How old was Winnaretta Singer when she married Edmond de Polignac?
(a) 25.
(b) 32.
(c) 28.
(d) 22.

3. Where was the painter Felix Ziem from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Holland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. What was Emma Fischoff's father's profession?
(a) He was a politician.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was an art dealer.

5. When did Catherine Pozzi meet Paul Valery?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1918.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the English governess that Jules Laforgue married the year before he died?

2. When did Dr. Pozzi publish Traite de gynecologie clinique et operatoire?

3. What was the name of Sarah Bernhardt's pet chimpanzee?

4. Who received the first Edmond de Polignac Prize in 1911?

5. When did Count Robert de Montesquiou arrive in America for a four-city engagement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors abounded about Sarah Bernhardt's sexuality?

2. Who was Gustave Flaubert?

3. Who was Georges Clairin?

4. Who wrote the novella Agnes and what is it about?

5. Who was Odilon Redon?

6. Who did Prince Edmond de Polignac marry? How is their marriage characterized?

7. What painting featuring Prince Edmond de Polignac is presented in the book? How is Polignac posed?

8. Who was Pierre Puvis de Chevannes?

9. What did Dr. Pozzi warn his fellow doctors about in his inaugural address as the chair of gynecology?

10. What accolades did Pozzi receive on January 1, 1899?

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