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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Braithwaite's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?
(a) He felt Ed had done the morally correct decision.
(b) He was thrilled.
(c) He was ambivalent.
(d) He was angry with Ed.

2. What did Louise do after Flaubert broke off their affair?
(a) She went to see him at Croisset.
(b) She wrote a letter to his mother.
(c) She started an affair with his best friend.
(d) She ripped up one of his original manuscripts.

3. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?
(a) It was blind.
(b) It had five legs.
(c) It bleated with a melody-like sound.
(d) It had a human-like face.

4. How was Achille related to Flaubert?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) He was Flaubert's father.
(c) He was Flaubert's brother-in-law.
(d) He was Flauert's son.

5. According to Geoffrey, what did Flaubert think about democracy?
(a) He thought democracy was merely a stage in the history of government.
(b) He thought democracy would eventually come to every country.
(c) He thought democracy would ruin France.
(d) He thought democracy was noble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Flaubert include many trains in his work?

2. What did Ed originally intend to do with the letters?

3. What does Louise think people will think about her and Flaubert after they are dead?

4. When Gertrude's son-in-law, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was forced to get rid of his belongings during a trip, what book did he toss?

5. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

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