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

2. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?
(a) She would stop loving him.
(b) She would have a child and die.
(c) He would stop devoting time to his writing.
(d) He would stop loving her.

3. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?
(a) His mother's maid.
(b) Mimi.
(c) Louise Colet.
(d) Elisa Schlessinger.

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

5. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?
(a) He wrote several stories about the parrot.
(b) He died trying to save the parrot.
(c) He believed he had turned into a parrot.
(d) He bought an aviary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Geoffrey, at one point in Flaubert's life did he no longer need fantasies?

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. Who should the author of a book be like, according to a quote Geoffrey has read?

5. Who is Humbert?

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