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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. What happened after the dragoman lost his Scottish terrier?
(a) The dragoman asked Flaubert if he could have Flaubert's dog.
(b) The dragoman barked like a dog and the terrier answered back.
(c) The dragoman looked for the dog for the rest of his life.
(d) Flaubert bought the dragoman another Scottish terrier.

2. Who always met Flaubert when he returned to Rouen from Mantes?
(a) Maxine du Camp.
(b) Elisa Schlesinger.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

3. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?
(a) It was blind.
(b) It had a human-like face.
(c) It had five legs.
(d) It bleated with a melody-like sound.

4. When one of Flaubert's doctors called him "an hysterical old woman," what was his reaction?
(a) He judged the observation profound.
(b) He used the comment as a premise for a short story.
(c) He sued the doctor.
(d) He never went to see a doctor again.

5. To what philosopher does Geoffrey compare Flaubert?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Kant.
(d) Voltaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Flaubert say that he wrote "Madame Bovary"?

2. Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer?

3. At Croisset, what was on the site of what was Flaubert's home?

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

5. Who is defined as Flaubert's social alter ego?

(see the answer key)

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