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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?
(a) The deaths and failures in Flaubert's life.
(b) Flaubert's childhood.
(c) Flaubert's works.
(d) The influence of politics on Flaubert's life.

3. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?
(a) Natural history.
(b) Medical history.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) World literature.

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

5. What do Du Camp and Flaubert do the night before climbing the Great Pyramid?
(a) They research its history.
(b) They get drunk.
(c) They sleep beside it.
(d) They take photographs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Flaubert's niece ask for after Flaubert's death?

2. 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?

3. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?

4. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?

5. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?

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