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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Braithwaite's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are not used to describe Flaubert in Braithwaite's Dictionary?
(a) The first modern novelist.
(b) The legend of Rouen.
(c) The bear in his lair.
(d) The father of Realism.

2. Which of the following authors lived in Normandy?
(a) Flaubert.
(b) Miller.
(c) Cervantes.
(d) Nabokov.

3. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?
(a) Because white bears are a symbol of goodness.
(b) Because other bears appear to often in literature.
(c) Because he once had a stuffed white bear as a child.
(d) Because other bears have been used by humans, but not the white bear.

4. To whom were all of Flaubert's letters to Louise Colet sent through?
(a) Louise Colet's brother.
(b) Flaubert's sister.
(c) Maxime du Camp.
(d) Felicite.

5. How was Achille related to Flaubert?
(a) He was Flauert's son.
(b) He was Flaubert's father.
(c) He was Flaubert's brother-in-law.
(d) They were brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what philosopher does Geoffrey compare Flaubert?

2. What does Geoffrey call the devil's mark of the snorkel of sanity?

3. Who did Cervantes refer to as the source of his famous hero?

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

5. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?

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