Flaubert's Parrot Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1, Flaubert's Parrot

1. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?

2. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?

3. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

4. How is Rouen different from the first time Geoffrey visited the city?

5. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?

6. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?

7. What is the parrot's name?

8. In the story, "Un coeur simple," what is Felicite's occupation?

9. After her parrot dies, what does Felicite do?

10. In what way is Felicite completely different...
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