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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. Which of the following animals does Flaubert not include in his letter to Bouilet?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A lion.
(c) A donkey.
(d) An ostrich.

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

3. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?
(a) The name of its owner's lost love.
(b) The days of the week.
(c) Quotes from Shakespeare.
(d) Curses.

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

5. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?
(a) She takes lovers.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) She writes in a diary.
(d) She is inarticulate.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a student, what subject did Flaubert fail at?

2. How does Flaubert feel about the organization of his ideas?

3. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?

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

5. What did Ed originally intend to do with the letters?

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