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

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

3. What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert?
(a) She used a portrait on her first volume about Flaubert that wasn't him.
(b) She left out the entire story of "Un couer simple" from her manuscript.
(c) She said that Flaubert's mother forbid him to become a writer.
(d) She said that Flaubert never had a mistress.

4. About a year after their first meeting, Geoffrey agrees to meet with Ed for what reason?
(a) To discuss "Madame Bovary."
(b) To plan a trip to the Flaubert museums.
(c) To talk about some information Ed has obtained.
(d) To exchange books.

5. What did Ed originally intend to do with the letters?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Give them to Geoffrey.
(c) Keep them for his collection.
(d) Donate them to the Flaubert museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?

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

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

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

5. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?

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