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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Flaubert Apocrypha.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Du Camp and Flaubert do the night before climbing the Great Pyramid?
(a) They take photographs.
(b) They research its history.
(c) They sleep beside it.
(d) They get drunk.

2. What are Geoffrey's thoughts about when he likes to cross the channel?
(a) In the winter.
(b) During the off-season.
(c) In the summer.
(d) When it is foggy.

3. For what reason does Geoffrey say that he does not like coincidences?
(a) Because he feels that coincidences rob people of their sense of control.
(b) Because he agrees with Flaubert's opinion on the subject.
(c) Because coincidences make him feel uncomfortable.
(d) Because he prefers to feel that life is chaotic.

4. What did Flaubert never do?
(a) Have an affair.
(b) Dance.
(c) Travel abroad.
(d) Finish a book.

5. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?
(a) His sister.
(b) Louise Colet.
(c) Elisa Schlesinger.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?

2. According to Geoffrey, what is included in Flaubert's dictionary along with a catalog of cliches and odd definitions?

3. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?

4. What does Geoffrey wonder about the books that authors don't write?

5. Why does Geoffrey think that critics want to control literature?

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