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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Cross Channel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Geoffrey had his way, which of the following subjects would he not ban novel writers from using?
(a) Novels about small forgotten wars.
(b) Novels set in Oxford or Cambridge.
(c) Novels about people reverting back to nature.
(d) Novels about love affairs.

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

3. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?
(a) Flaubert's works.
(b) Critical response to Flaubert's work.
(c) Flaubert's childhood.
(d) Details of Flaubert's life and successes.

4. What was the name of the greyhound that was Flaubert's final companion?
(a) Loulou.
(b) Elisa.
(c) Julio.
(d) Madame Bovary.

5. Flaubert was born in what year?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should novelists who want to reproduce life's possibilities do?

2. Who is Humbert?

3. What happened after the dragoman lost his Scottish terrier?

4. Why does Geoffrey say that we cannot know everything about the past?

5. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

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