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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. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?
(a) It says the parrot was given to Flaubert's mother when he died.
(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 once sat on Flaubert's desk.

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

3. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A whale.
(c) A camel.
(d) A tiger.

4. How did Flaubert first come to know Juliet Herbert?
(a) She was governess to Flaubert's niece.
(b) She was his mother's maid.
(c) He met her at church.
(d) She was his sister-in-law.

5. What had Ed lied about to the woman named Kent who gave him the letters?
(a) The authenticity of the letters.
(b) His identity.
(c) His occupation.
(d) The worth of the letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?

2. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?

3. What happened to the letters?

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

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

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