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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. As a student, what subject did Flaubert fail at?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Law.
(d) Economics.

2. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?
(a) Personification.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Metaphors.

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

4. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Architect.

5. What does Geoffrey do on his last day in Rouen?
(a) He photographs the statues.
(b) He outlines his new book.
(c) He eats at a snack bar called Le Flaubert.
(d) He drives to Croisset.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?

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

3. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?

4. Where does Geoffrey first meet Ed Winterton?

5. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?

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