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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. Geoffrey maintains that mistakes like the professor pointed out in his speech are external mistakes, but Geoffrey is more concerned with internal mistakes which he considers to be what?
(a) Untrue.
(b) Philosophically unsound.
(c) Sloppy.
(d) Something designed to keep the reader alert.

2. What tantalizes Geoffrey about Flaubert's ideas?
(a) How much Flaubert sounds like he belongs in the twentieth century.
(b) How many more books of Flaubert's he has yet to read.
(c) How much Flaubert's ideas are like his own.
(d) All of the unwritten works.

3. At Croisset, what was on the site of what was Flaubert's home?
(a) A paper factory.
(b) A refinery.
(c) A cotton mill.
(d) A shoe factory.

4. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?
(a) Statues.
(b) Columns.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Flags.

5. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?
(a) Nets.
(b) Trains.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Desks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Ed lied about to the woman named Kent who gave him the letters?

3. What does Geoffrey say mourning is full of?

4. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?

5. Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer?

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