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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 French work did Flaubert translate into English?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Rousseau's essays.
(c) Candide.
(d) The Three Musketeers.

2. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?
(a) Elisa Schlesinger.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Flaubert's mother.
(d) Julie Herbert.

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 have been used by humans, but not the white bear.
(c) Because he once had a stuffed white bear as a child.
(d) Because other bears appear to often in literature.

4. What tantalizes Geoffrey about Flaubert's ideas?
(a) How much Flaubert's ideas are like his own.
(b) All of the unwritten works.
(c) How many more books of Flaubert's he has yet to read.
(d) How much Flaubert sounds like he belongs in the twentieth century.

5. Who should the author of a book be like, according to a quote Geoffrey has read?
(a) God.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A close friend.
(d) A parent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Geoffrey say that people are no longer allowed to use for describing lunacy?

2. What does Geoffrey say we need to respect about Flaubert even if we think him naive or unsuccessful?

3. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?

4. How does Geoffrey think authors legitimize coincidences?

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

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