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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 does Geoffrey say we need to respect about Flaubert even if we think him naive or unsuccessful?
(a) His legacy.
(b) His seriousness.
(c) His philanthropy.
(d) His body of work.

2. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?
(a) Curses.
(b) The days of the week.
(c) Quotes from Shakespeare.
(d) The name of its owner's lost love.

3. Who actually carried out the trick that resulted in Flaubert's find at the top of the Great Pyramid?
(a) Flaubert.
(b) The translator.
(c) Du Camp.
(d) Nabakov.

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

5. As a student, what subject did Flaubert fail at?
(a) Economics.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?

2. Why does Geoffrey think that critics want to control literature?

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

4. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?

5. Flaubert refers to himself as a bear and his sister as what animal?

(see the answer key)

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