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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Flaubert Bestiary.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?
(a) It says the parrot once sat on Flaubert's desk.
(b) It says the parrot was Flaubert's childhood pet.
(c) It says the parrot was a gift from Flaubert's lover.
(d) It says the parrot was given to Flaubert's mother when he died.

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

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

5. How is Rouen different from the first time Geoffrey visited the city?
(a) It has three times the population.
(b) It has been industrialized.
(c) Its parks have been paved over.
(d) It had been bombed then.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geoffrey see at the second Flaubert museum?

2. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?

3. What happened to the letters?

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

5. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?

(see the answer key)

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