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

2. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?
(a) Elisa Schlesinger.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Flaubert's mother.
(d) Julie Herbert.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?

2. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?

3. Flaubert was born in what year?

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

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

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