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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 is Geoffrey's marital status?
(a) He is a widower.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is single.
(d) He is divorced.

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

3. What does Geoffrey wonder about the books that authors don't write?
(a) He wonders if they haunt the authors who thought of the ideas.
(b) He wonders if they get written by someone else.
(c) He wonders what the world is missing out on.
(d) He wonders if they matter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason was Flaubert confined to the family home as a young man?

2. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?

3. What tantalizes Geoffrey about Flaubert's ideas?

4. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?

5. Who was Loulou?

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