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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the count, the prince, and the doctor hear at Crystal Palace at the Handel Festival?

2. Where is Dr. Pozzi's right hand in the painting by Sargent?

3. How was Samuel Pozzi injured in the Franco-Prussian War?

4. When did Oscar Wilde meet Jean Lorrain?

5. Where did Montesquiou and Polignac first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Des Esseintes tortoise symbolize?

2. Who was Sarah Bernhardt and what role does she play in the narrative?

3. Who was Guy de Maupassant?

4. What is an aesthete?

5. Give a brief bio of Dr. Pozzi. When was he born? When did he die? What was his profession?

6. Who was Jean Lorrain?

7. Who was Edmond de Goncourt?

8. What caused the initial problems between Dr. Pozzi and his wife?

9. Who was Marcel Proust?

10. What is known about Montesquiou's sexual exploits, according to the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Edmond de Goncourt and why is he important in the narrative? What publications did Edmond de Goncourt publish? Who did he know among the elite circles of France?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the life of Dr. Samuel Pozzi. When and where was he born? What was his childhood like? Where did he study? What did he accomplish in his career?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the French perceptions of the British during the period of the Belle Époque. How did the French perceive British art and literature? How did they view the English morality? What did they esteem about the British?

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