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

2. Geoffrey said that Flaubert learned that life is not a choice between murdering your way to throne or what?
(a) Marrying your way to the throne.
(b) Slopping a pig.
(c) Farming the land.
(d) Murdering your servant.

3. What did Flaubert confess to Louise?
(a) That he had given up writing.
(b) That he no longer loved her.
(c) That he had had many affairs.
(d) That he spent many hours thinking about what he would do with a million francs.

4. What did Flaubert's niece ask for after Flaubert's death?
(a) Flaubert's house.
(b) A cast of the writer's hand.
(c) The original manuscript of "Madame Bovary."
(d) Flaubert's stuffed parrot.

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) Reading a good review on a book.
(c) Seeing the book in print.
(d) Writing the final word.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the attitude toward Flaubert of the Collier sisters who Flaubert met when he spent his summers in Trouville?

2. What was the subject of the metaphysical novel Flaubert made plans to write?

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

4. Who was Caroline?

5. What French work did Flaubert translate into English?

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