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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. What does Geoffrey see at the second Flaubert museum?
(a) The original manuscript of Madame Bovary.
(b) Love letters written by Flaubert.
(c) Another stuffed green parrot.
(d) Photographs of Flaubert's relatives.

2. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?
(a) Flaubert's works.
(b) Flaubert's childhood.
(c) Critical response to Flaubert's work.
(d) Details of Flaubert's life and successes.

3. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?
(a) They were both ill at the same time.
(b) They were both orphans.
(c) They both loved wine.
(d) They were both demanding.

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

5. Who was Loulou?
(a) Caroline's parrot.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger's parrot.
(c) Felicite's parrot.
(d) Juliet's parrot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?

3. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?

4. What does Geoffrey ask Ed about the content of the letters?

5. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?

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