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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 does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?
(a) His sister.
(b) Elisa Schlesinger.
(c) His mother.
(d) Louise Colet.

3. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?
(a) He wrote several stories about the parrot.
(b) He bought an aviary.
(c) He believed he had turned into a parrot.
(d) He died trying to save the parrot.

4. With what writer does the biographer Enid Starkie compare Flaubert?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Balzac.
(c) Moliere.
(d) Hugo.

5. After Flaubert published "Madame Bovary," what did Gertrude Collier Tenant publish?
(a) A romance novel.
(b) The letters written to her by Flaubert.
(c) A critique of "Madam Bovary."
(d) An edition of of her grandfather's journal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mistake did the professor from Cambridge point out in a Tennyson work?

3. How is Rouen different from the first time Geoffrey visited the city?

4. What is Geoffrey's attitude when making his final explanation about why he hates critics?

5. What happened to the letters?

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