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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, And the Parrot....

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom were all of Flaubert's letters to Louise Colet sent through?
(a) Louise Colet's brother.
(b) Maxime du Camp.
(c) Felicite.
(d) Flaubert's sister.

2. The third list in the chronology consists of what?
(a) Flaubert's love affairs.
(b) Flaubert's correspondence.
(c) Flaubert's thoughts through the years.
(d) Flaubert's death.

3. What mistake did the professor from Cambridge point out in a Tennyson work?
(a) The number of men riding into battle.
(b) The year of the battle.
(c) The outcome of the battle.
(d) The name of the colonel who led the troops into battle.

4. To what does Geoffrey compare a work of art?
(a) A troubled mind.
(b) An honest man.
(c) A solution to a difficult problem.
(d) A pyramid in the desert.

5. What does Geoffrey say about the three parrots remaining at the Museum of Natural History?
(a) He says that Flaubert's parrot could be one of them.
(b) He says that Flaubert's parrot is at the Hotel-Dieu.
(c) He says that he doubts if Flaubert ever even had a parrot.
(d) He says that Flaubert's parrot is in Croisset.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Cervantes refer to as the source of his famous hero?

2. Who actually carried out the trick that resulted in Flaubert's find at the top of the Great Pyramid?

3. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?

4. What does Geoffrey ask Ed about the content of the letters?

5. What mistake in "The Lord of the Flies" does the professor from Cambridge talk about?

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