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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. 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?
(a) "Madame Bovary."
(b) A volume of Shakespeare.
(c) The Bible.
(d) "Salammbo."

2. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Epilepsy and syphilis.
(b) Diabetes and heart disease.
(c) Syphilis and diabetes.
(d) Diabetes and epilepsy.

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

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

5. What should novelists who want to reproduce life's possibilities do?
(a) They should write in teams.
(b) They should put a set of sealed envelopes with different endings in the back of their books.
(c) They should base their ideas on relgious books.
(d) They should only draw their ideas from real events.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?

2. For what reason does Geoffrey say that he does not like coincidences?

3. What are Geoffrey's thoughts about when he likes to cross the channel?

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

5. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?

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