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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. How is Rouen different from the first time Geoffrey visited the city?
(a) It has three times the population.
(b) It had been bombed then.
(c) Its parks have been paved over.
(d) It has been industrialized.

2. Why does Geoffrey say is about the death of writers?
(a) That they are not special, that they are just described deaths.
(b) That when a writer is lost to the world, it's a loss to many people.
(c) That when a writer dies critics feel free to say what they want about him.
(d) That writers almost always die at a younger age than others.

3. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) Medical history.
(c) Natural history.
(d) World literature.

4. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?
(a) Louise Colet.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger.
(c) Mimi.
(d) His mother's maid.

5. What word does Geoffrey say that people are no longer allowed to use for describing lunacy?
(a) Freak.
(b) Mad.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Idiot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Geoffrey think authors legitimize coincidences?

2. What happened after the dragoman lost his Scottish terrier?

3. What did people want to tell Geoffrey about?

4. What is the difference in time for the trip to Rouen by train for Geoffrey than it was in Flaubert's time?

5. What did Flaubert think should accompany scientific advances?

(see the answer key)

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