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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. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Syphilis and diabetes.
(b) Epilepsy and syphilis.
(c) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(d) Diabetes and heart disease.

2. What word does Geoffrey say that people are no longer allowed to use for describing lunacy?
(a) Idiot.
(b) Freak.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Mad.

3. What does Geoffrey ask Ed about the content of the letters?
(a) He asked if Julie wrote about her children.
(b) He asks if the letters proved Flaubert and Julie Herbert had an affair.
(c) He asked if Flaubert used the letters as the basis for any of his stories.
(d) He asks if Flaubert discussed death in his letters.

4. Flaubert was born in what year?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1850.

5. Flaubert refers to himself as a bear and his sister as what animal?
(a) The rabbit.
(b) The lion.
(c) The alligator.
(d) The rat.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what writer does the biographer Enid Starkie compare Flaubert?

2. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?

3. What particular criticism does Starkie have of Flaubert's characterization of Madame Bovary?

4. What did Louise do after Flaubert broke off their affair?

5. Which of the following was Flaubert not accused of?

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