A) 1830 B) 1831 C) 1829 D) 1850
A) The Skin of the Wild Ass B) The Wild Ass C) The Magic Skin D) The Magic Shagreen
A) Giselher Klebe B) E. T. A. Hoffmann C) Honoré de Balzac D) Jules Janin
A) Late 18th-century London B) Mid-19th-century Brittany C) Early 19th-century Paris D) Early 19th-century Berlin
A) A magic ring B) A magic piece of shagreen C) A magic book D) A magic mirror
A) It changes color and brings good luck B) It doubles in value and heals the sick C) It shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy D) It grows larger and gains weight
A) Scènes de la vie parisienne B) Études philosophiques C) Études de moeurs D) Scènes de la vie privée
A) La Physiologie du mariage B) Fantastic Tales C) La Comédie humaine D) Les Chouans
A) Posting handbills across the streets of Paris B) Publishing a series of articles and story fragments in several Parisian journals C) Mailing handwritten notes to royal figures D) Giving public readings in Parisian theatres
A) One month B) A year C) Three months D) Five months
A) It sold moderately over several months B) It was banned by the government C) It sold out instantly D) It was heavily criticized and ignored
A) A biography of the author B) A series of twelve other philosophical tales C) Illustrations by E. T. A. Hoffmann D) An apology for the late manuscript
A) A historical account of the July Revolution B) A realistic portrayal of the excesses of bourgeois materialism C) A critique of the French legal system D) A romantic tragedy about a Polish baroness
A) A royal palace in Brittany B) A military camp C) A monastery D) A gambling house
A) Detailing his struggles with Parisian publishers B) Describing his parents' home in Villeparisis C) Placing the main character in a home similar to the one he occupied at the start of his literary career D) Giving the protagonist his exact experience working as a lawyer
A) The struggle between the rich and the poor B) The difficulty of finding true love in Paris C) The conflict between desire and longevity D) The corruption of the legal profession
A) The wealth of the bourgeoisie B) The soul of the wild ass C) The owner's life-force D) The power of the French monarchy
A) He lives a long and peaceful life B) He becomes the king of France C) He successfully masters his desires D) He finds himself miserable and decrepit
A) It became restricted to legal professionals B) It widened significantly C) It remained entirely unchanged D) It shrank as he became arrogant
A) Madame de Staël B) Ann Radcliffe C) George Sand D) Ewelina Hańska
A) Les Contes d'Hoffmann B) Die Fledermaus C) Der Ring des Nibelungen D) Die tödlichen Wünsche
A) Jules Janin B) Honoré de Balzac C) E. T. A. Hoffmann D) Giselher Klebe
A) Military service B) Theology C) Medicine D) Law
A) 1810 B) 1819 C) 1830 D) 1829
A) He must dedicate himself to writing and deliver half of his gross income from published work B) He must finish his law degree within three years C) He must live with them in Villeparisis D) He must publish only under his own name
A) Near the Louvre B) Near Notre-Dame C) Near the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal D) Near the Palace of Versailles
A) To Brittany B) To his family in the suburb of Villeparisis C) To London D) To Berlin
A) Historical accounts of royalist forces B) Simple potboiler novels published under pseudonyms C) Gothic horror stories inspired by Ann Radcliffe D) Philosophical treatises on marriage
A) 10,000 francs B) 100,000 francs C) 5,000 francs D) 50,000 francs
A) 1830 B) 1819 C) 1829 D) 1831
A) Bourgeois materialism in Paris B) Royalist forces in Brittany C) The institution of marriage D) The July Revolution of 1830
A) L'Âne Mort et la Femme Guillotinée B) La Comédie humaine C) Les Chouans D) La Physiologie du mariage
A) La Presse B) Revue de Paris C) Le Figaro D) Le Monde
A) E. T. A. Hoffmann B) Friedrich Schiller C) Giselher Klebe D) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A) Ann Radcliffe B) Jane Austen C) Mary Shelley D) Charlotte Brontë
A) Jules Janin B) Charles X C) E. T. A. Hoffmann D) Honoré de Balzac
A) The ultimate expression of bourgeois materialism B) An outdated form of gothic storytelling C) A brilliant and revolutionary approach to modern literature D) The vulgar program of a genre in its first flush of newness, already too much worn by the mere abuse of the word
A) Charles X B) Louis XIV C) Napoleon Bonaparte D) Louis-Philippe
A) Emperor of the French B) King of the French C) King of Paris D) King of France
A) To distance himself from the Ancien Régime B) To unite the royalist forces in Brittany C) To honor the memory of the July Revolution D) To appease the bourgeois politicians
A) Bourgeois attitudes characterized by disorganization and weak leadership B) Scientific rationalism and materialism C) Romantic idealism and revolutionary fervor D) Strict legal traditions and aristocratic discipline
A) 9 December 1830 B) August 1831 C) July 1831 D) 1 January 1831
A) Eugène Sue B) Henri B... C) Jules Sandeau D) Alfred Coudreux
A) Conte oriental B) Roman philosophique C) Le Dernier Napoléon D) Une Débauche
A) George Sand B) Honoré de Balzac C) Henri B... D) Alfred Coudreux
A) Revue de Paris B) Parisian gambling house C) Revue des deux mondes D) Pont Royal
A) 1,125 B) 750 C) 1,200 D) 4,000
A) January B) December C) August D) July
A) "Le Dernier Napoléon" B) "Le Suicide d'un poète" C) Romans et contes philosophiques D) "Une Débauche"
A) La Peau de chagrin B) "Une Débauche" C) "Le Dernier Napoléon" D) "Le Suicide d'un poète"
A) A would-be poet's lack of funds B) A young man losing a coin C) An orgiastic feast D) An oriental story
A) George Sand B) Alfred Coudreux C) Henri B... D) Olympe Pélissier
A) George Sand B) Urbain Canel C) Olympe Pélissier D) Alfred Coudreux
A) Four B) One C) Two D) Three
A) March 1833 B) January 1831 C) August 1831 D) May 1831
A) Five B) Four C) Two D) Three
A) The river Seine B) The English Channel C) The river Rhône D) A local well
A) Hebrew B) Greek C) Latin D) Sanskrit
A) Ancient Persian B) Imprecise Arabic C) Old French D) Hieroglyphics
A) In third-person omniscient B) Through a diary entry C) As a series of letters D) As a flashback
A) Foedora B) The shopkeeper's daughter C) Pauline D) None of the above
A) Both are dwindling B) Both are improving C) The skin grows while his health declines D) His health improves while the skin shrinks
A) No larger than a periwinkle leaf B) As small as a single coin C) The size of a postage stamp D) The size of a handkerchief
A) She immediately leaves and never returns B) She laughs it off C) She is horrified D) She tries to steal the skin
A) Realism B) Surrealism C) Romanticism D) Naturalism
A) Giuseppe Verdi B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart C) Richard Wagner D) Gioachino Rossini
A) Carmen B) The Barber of Seville C) Tancredi D) La Traviata
A) First paragraph B) Third paragraph C) Second paragraph D) Final paragraph
A) Hat B) Wallet C) Coat D) Watch
A) Greasy B) Torn C) Golden D) Velvet
A) The planet itself B) A royal palace C) A modern museum D) A spiritual sanctuary
A) Napoleon B) Rembrandt C) Raphael D) Da Vinci
A) Viking broadsword B) Roman gladius C) Moorish yataghan D) Japanese katana
A) Socrates B) Plato C) Cicero D) Caesar
A) Incan mummy B) Ancient Egyptian mummy C) Guanche mummy D) Alpine mummy
A) Roman urn B) Ming porcelain vase C) Greek amphora D) Etruscan vase
A) A qilin B) A pixiu C) A Chinese dragon D) A Chinese phoenix
A) The shopkeeper B) Valentin's close friend C) A gambling house owner D) A mysterious stranger
A) Titian B) Raphael C) Michelangelo D) Caravaggio
A) A quest for treasure B) Suicidal mission C) A political assassination D) A robbery
A) Choosing poverty over wealth B) Prioritizing community over individualism C) Seeking spiritual enlightenment above all D) Favoring ego over divine salvation
A) Les Misérables B) Don Quixote C) Tristram Shandy D) Madame Bovary
A) Laurence Sterne B) Martin Kanes C) Honoré de Balzac D) Herbert J. Hunt
A) Green B) Red C) Blue D) Yellow
A) A piano B) A harp C) A violin D) A guitar
A) A talisman B) Glasses C) A mirror D) A mask
A) The 'Scholar of the Garret' B) The 'Talisman of Desire' C) The 'Lady of the Observatory' D) The 'Woman without a Heart'
A) 1789 B) 1759 C) 1830 D) 1815
A) Consumes us B) Saves us C) Destroys us D) Soothes us
A) Consumes us B) Soothes us C) Destroys us D) Corrupts us
A) An equal B) A threat C) A foil D) A successor
A) The shopkeeper's daughter B) Pauline C) An unnamed noblewoman D) Foedora
A) Foedora B) Pauline C) Rastignac D) The shopkeeper
A) Icarus B) Sisyphus C) Prometheus D) Tantalus
A) Émile Deschamps B) Théophile Gautier C) Charles Forbes René de Montalembert D) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A) Comte Alex de B— B) Émile Deschamps C) Théophile Gautier D) Grandville
A) Théophile Gautier B) Charles Philipon C) Charles Forbes René de Montalembert D) Émile Deschamps
A) A 100-sou coin B) A silver franc C) A copper token D) A gold sovereign
A) La Presse B) La Caricature C) L'Avenir D) Le Figaro
A) Never B) Fifty times C) Nineteen times D) Five times |