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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 is the difference in time for the trip to Rouen by train for Geoffrey than it was in Flaubert's time?
(a) The trip takes about half the time.
(b) The trip takes much longer because of all the stops.
(c) The trip takes about the same amount of time.
(d) Geoffrey wonders about the difference, but doesn't know the answer.

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

3. What does Geoffrey call the devil's mark of the snorkel of sanity?
(a) Parody.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Satire.
(d) Irony.

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

5. Who was Loulou?
(a) Juliet's parrot.
(b) Felicite's parrot.
(c) Caroline's parrot.
(d) Elisa Schlessinger's parrot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?

3. Why didn't Flaubert include many trains in his work?

4. Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer?

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

(see the answer key)

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