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Flaubert's Parrot | Quiz

Julian Barnes
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Flaubert's Parrot | Quiz

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1)

What mistake in "The Lord of the Flies" does the professor from Cambridge talk about? (from Chapter 6, Emma Bovary's Eyes)

No one thought of fishing, yet the boys ate fish.
The boys come to the island on an obsolete aircraft.
Ralph dreams of a place he has never been and calls it home.
Piggy's glasses are for shortsightedness and could not have lit the fire.
2)

What does Geoffrey photograph when he returns to Rouen? (from Chapter 15, And the Parrot...)

The museums which housed Flaubert's mementos.
Both parrots.
Flaubert's statues.
Flaubert's grand-niece.
3)

What are Geoffrey's thoughts about when he likes to cross the channel? (from Chapter 7, Cross Channel)

During the off-season.
In the summer.
In the winter.
When it is foggy.
4)

What did Geoffrey do to ascertain the color of Madame Bovary's eyes? (from Chapter 6, Emma Bovary's Eyes)

He asked the guest lecturer.
He researched Flaubert's notes.
He read the original manuscript.
He reread the book.
5)

If Geoffrey had his way, which of the following subjects would he not ban novel writers from using? (from Chapter 7, Cross Channel)

Novels set in Oxford or Cambridge.
Novels about small forgotten wars.
Novels about love affairs.
Novels about people reverting back to nature.
6)

According to Geoffrey, what is the sweetest moment of writing? (from Chapter 9, The Flaubert Apocrypha)

Seeing the book in print.
Getting an idea for a book that never has to be written.
Writing the final word.
Reading a good review on a book.
7)

What rumor did a man named Edmond Ledoux spread about Flaubert? (from Chapter 15, And the Parrot...)

That Flaubert's works were really written by someone else.
That Flaubert had an illegitimate son.
That Flaubert left all his estate to his dog.
That Flaubert had killed himself.
8)

How long after the museum at Croisset opened was the collection at the Hotel-Dieu put together? (from Chapter 15, And the Parrot...)

The same week.
Five years.
Forty years.
One hundred years.
9)

What does Geoffrey notice that the trains pass as they leave the station in Croisset? (from Chapter 8, The Train-spotter's Guide to Flaubert)

The house where Flaubert's mistress lived.
The museum where the stuffed parrot is kept.
The cemetary where Flaubert's parents are buried.
Flaubert's pavilion.
10)

Flaubert, who didn't believe in progress, thought that democracy made people what? (from Chapter 7, Cross Channel)

Dependent on government.
Territorial.
Stupid.
Unhappy.
11)

Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer? (from Chapter 12, Braithwaite's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas)

Maxime du Camp.
Flaubert's doctor.
Louise Colet.
Flaubert's mother.
12)

Geoffrey said that Flaubert learned that life is not a choice between murdering your way to throne or what? (from Chapter 9, The Flaubert Apocrypha)

Slopping a pig.
Farming the land.
Marrying your way to the throne.
Murdering your servant.
13)

What is Geoffrey's marital status? (from Chapter 7, Cross Channel)

He is divorced.
He is a widower.
He is single.
He is married.
14)

Geoffrey feels that he understands Ellen less than he understands whom? (from Chapter 13, Pure Story)

Flaubert.
His mother.
His son.
Himself.
15)

What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert? (from Chapter 6, Emma Bovary's Eyes)

She said that Flaubert never had a mistress.
She left out the entire story of "Un couer simple" from her manuscript.
She said that Flaubert's mother forbid him to become a writer.
She used a portrait on her first volume about Flaubert that wasn't him.
16)

In his letters, what did Flaubert often write to Louise about? (from Chapter 11, Louise Colet's Version)

Her upcoming visits.
Her beauty.
His new works.
His mother.
17)

Geoffrey says that you cannot change humanity, you can only what? (from Chapter 13, Pure Story)

Know it.
Decry it.
Pray for it.
Participate in it.
18)

What is it that Geoffrey says about a line of writing which is good? (from Chapter 10, The Case Against)

He says it is immediately recognized as being good.
He says it comes straight from the heart.
He says it ceases to belong to any school.
He says it has to have been labored over.
19)

Who was the first French writer to appear on a stamp? (from Chapter 14, Examination Paper)

Hugo.
Rosnard.
Flaubert.
Balzac.
20)

When Geoffrey meets with Monsieur Andrieu, what does he learn about the number of parrots the Museum of Natural History had on hand in 1905 when the museum at Croisset opened? (from Chapter 15, And the Parrot...)

There was only one.
There were fifty.
There were three.
No one knew how many there were.
21)

At Croisset, what was on the site of what was Flaubert's home? (from Chapter 8, The Train-spotter's Guide to Flaubert)

A shoe factory.
A refinery.
A cotton mill.
A paper factory.
22)

Which of the following did Flaubert not do to Louise? (from Chapter 11, Louise Colet's Version)

Make enemies of her parents.
Speak ill of her to her friends.
Ridicule her work.
Lie to her.
23)

What tantalizes Geoffrey about Flaubert's ideas? (from Chapter 9, The Flaubert Apocrypha)

How much Flaubert sounds like he belongs in the twentieth century.
How many more books of Flaubert's he has yet to read.
All of the unwritten works.
How much Flaubert's ideas are like his own.
24)

What does Louise think people will think about her and Flaubert after they are dead? (from Chapter 11, Louise Colet's Version)

She thinks people will think their love affair was tragic.
She thinks people will take her side.
She thinks people will take his side.
She thinks people will read nothing either of them wrote.
25)

How many times are Madame Bovary's eyes actually mentioned in the novel? (from Chapter 6, Emma Bovary's Eyes)

Six.
One.
Ten.
Dozens.
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