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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Pure Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Geoffrey's response to the accusation that Flaubert was a pessimist?
(a) He gives a list of Flaubert's optimistic quotes.
(b) He explains why Flaubert was actually an optimist.
(c) He says that people don't understand the satire in Flaubert's novels.
(d) He says that he didn't know one had to defend authors for being pessimists.

2. To what does Geoffrey compare a work of art?
(a) A troubled mind.
(b) An honest man.
(c) A pyramid in the desert.
(d) A solution to a difficult problem.

3. Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer?
(a) Louise Colet.
(b) Maxime du Camp.
(c) Flaubert's mother.
(d) Flaubert's doctor.

4. To whom were all of Flaubert's letters to Louise Colet sent through?
(a) Felicite.
(b) Flaubert's sister.
(c) Louise Colet's brother.
(d) Maxime du Camp.

5. For what reason was Flaubert confined to the family home as a young man?
(a) Because of a scandal involving a maid.
(b) Because of an epileptic attack.
(c) Because of a broken leg.
(d) Because of the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

2. According to Du Camp, on whom was Madame Bovary modeled?

3. What does Louise Colet say she will take as a compliment?

4. How does Geoffrey defend the charge that Flaubert hated humanity?

5. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?

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