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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. The third list in the chronology consists of what?
(a) Flaubert's love affairs.
(b) Flaubert's death.
(c) Flaubert's correspondence.
(d) Flaubert's thoughts through the years.

2. Flaubert was born in what year?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1875.

3. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A whale.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A camel.

4. Which of the following animals does Flaubert not include in his letter to Bouilet?
(a) An ostrich.
(b) A lion.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A donkey.

5. According to Geoffrey, what is the sweetest moment of writing?
(a) Getting an idea for a book that never has to be written.
(b) Writing the final word.
(c) Reading a good review on a book.
(d) Seeing the book in print.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flaubert, who didn't believe in progress, thought that democracy made people what?

2. Geoffrey said that Flaubert learned that life is not a choice between murdering your way to throne or what?

3. When Gertrude's son-in-law, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was forced to get rid of his belongings during a trip, what book did he toss?

4. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?

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

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