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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 mistake did the professor from Cambridge point out in a Tennyson work?
(a) The year of the battle.
(b) The outcome of the battle.
(c) The number of men riding into battle.
(d) The name of the colonel who led the troops into battle.

2. When Gertrude's son-in-law, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was forced to get rid of his belongings during a trip, what book did he toss?
(a) "Salammbo."
(b) The Bible.
(c) A volume of Shakespeare.
(d) "Madame Bovary."

3. What does Flaubert find when he gets to the top of the Great Pyramid?
(a) A business card.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A stuffed parrot.
(d) A letter addressed to him.

4. In the story, "Un coeur simple," what is Felicite's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Servant woman.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Seamstress.

5. What did Flaubert's niece ask for after Flaubert's death?
(a) Flaubert's stuffed parrot.
(b) Flaubert's house.
(c) A cast of the writer's hand.
(d) The original manuscript of "Madame Bovary."

Short Answer Questions

1. Flaubert was born in what year?

2. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?

3. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?

4. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?

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

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