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

2. If Geoffrey had his way, which of the following subjects would he not ban novel writers from using?
(a) Novels about love affairs.
(b) Novels about small forgotten wars.
(c) Novels set in Oxford or Cambridge.
(d) Novels about people reverting back to nature.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Loulou?

2. What do Du Camp and Flaubert do the night before climbing the Great Pyramid?

3. After Flaubert published "Madame Bovary," what did Gertrude Collier Tenant publish?

4. What did Flaubert confess to Louise?

5. Flaubert was born in what year?

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