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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. 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) A volume of Shakespeare.
(b) "Madame Bovary."
(c) The Bible.
(d) "Salammbo."

2. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?
(a) Impoverished and lonely.
(b) Wealthy and unknown.
(c) Impoverished but loved.
(d) Wealthy and famous.

3. 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.

4. Where does Geoffrey first meet Ed Winterton?
(a) At the university.
(b) At a bar.
(c) At a book fair.
(d) At a friend's home.

5. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?
(a) Natural history.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) Medical history.
(d) World literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flaubert find when he gets to the top of the Great Pyramid?

2. For what reason was Flaubert confined to the family home as a young man?

3. What mistake in "The Lord of the Flies" does the professor from Cambridge talk about?

4. What does Geoffrey say we need to respect about Flaubert even if we think him naive or unsuccessful?

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

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