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