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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Snap!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Flaubert feel about the organization of his ideas?
(a) He purposely lets ideas fall where they will.
(b) He puts everything into neat little categories.
(c) He is haphazard about organization about half the time.
(d) He wants others to organize his ideas for him.

2. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?
(a) Critical response to Flaubert's work.
(b) Flaubert's works.
(c) Flaubert's childhood.
(d) Details of Flaubert's life and successes.

3. What does Geoffrey hope will result from his discussion with Ed?
(a) Light will be shed on Flaubert's relationship with his niece.
(b) Light will be shed on Flaubert's state of mind when he wrote Madame Bovary.
(c) Light will be shed on Flaubert's behavior in London.
(d) Light will be shed on how the Flaubert museums can be updated.

4. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?
(a) He felt Ed had done the morally correct decision.
(b) He was thrilled.
(c) He was ambivalent.
(d) He was angry with Ed.

5. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?
(a) Because white bears are a symbol of goodness.
(b) Because other bears have been used by humans, but not the white bear.
(c) Because other bears appear to often in literature.
(d) Because he once had a stuffed white bear as a child.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Flaubert first come to know Juliet Herbert?

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

5. In the story, "Un coeur simple," what is Felicite's occupation?

(see the answer key)

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