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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. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(b) Syphilis and diabetes.
(c) Epilepsy and syphilis.
(d) Diabetes and heart disease.

2. With what writer does the biographer Enid Starkie compare Flaubert?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Moliere.
(c) Balzac.
(d) Rousseau.

3. Who is Humbert?
(a) The name of a Nabokov character who seduced young girls.
(b) The Russian guide who took Flaubert to the top of the Great Pyramid.
(c) The translator who travels with Flaubert and Du Camp.
(d) The lawyer hired by Flaubert in Rouen.

4. What did Flaubert think should accompany scientific advances?
(a) Literary advances.
(b) Moral advances.
(c) Economic advances.
(d) Increased study opportunities.

5. What had Ed lied about to the woman named Kent who gave him the letters?
(a) The authenticity of the letters.
(b) His occupation.
(c) The worth of the letters.
(d) His identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Flaubert think about train travel?

2. How does Geoffrey defend the charge that Flaubert hated humanity?

3. Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer?

4. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?

5. What did people want to tell Geoffrey about?

(see the answer key)

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