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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Emma Bovary's Eyes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the attitude toward Flaubert of the Collier sisters who Flaubert met when he spent his summers in Trouville?
(a) They ignored him and hoped he would leave.
(b) They laughed at him.
(c) They were infatuated with him,
(d) Flaubert infuriated them.

2. Who actually carried out the trick that resulted in Flaubert's find at the top of the Great Pyramid?
(a) Nabakov.
(b) Flaubert.
(c) The translator.
(d) Du Camp.

3. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?
(a) It bleated with a melody-like sound.
(b) It had a human-like face.
(c) It had five legs.
(d) It was blind.

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

5. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Syphilis and diabetes.
(b) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(c) Epilepsy and syphilis.
(d) Diabetes and heart disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. About a year after their first meeting, Geoffrey agrees to meet with Ed for what reason?

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

3. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?

4. When they were lowering Caroline's coffin into the ground, what happened?

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

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