Flaubert's Parrot | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1, Flaubert's Parrot

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

Statues.

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

Doctor.

3. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

Widowed.

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

It had been bombed then.

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

Medical history.

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

It says the parrot once sat on Flaubert's desk.

7. What is the parrot's name?

Loulou.

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

Servant woman.

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

She has him stuffed and prays to him.

10. In what way is Felicite...
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