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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. What does Geoffrey hope will result from his discussion with Ed?
(a) Light will be shed on how the Flaubert museums can be updated.
(b) Light will be shed on Flaubert's state of mind when he wrote Madame Bovary.
(c) Light will be shed on Flaubert's relationship with his niece.
(d) Light will be shed on Flaubert's behavior in London.

2. What happened to the letters?
(a) Ed burned them.
(b) Ed sealed them up and left them in an undisclosed location.
(c) Ed ripped them up and dropped them into the sea.
(d) Ed buried them.

3. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?
(a) He was thrilled.
(b) He felt Ed had done the morally correct decision.
(c) He was ambivalent.
(d) He was angry with Ed.

4. For what reason does Geoffrey read Flaubert?
(a) For self-examination.
(b) For improving his own writing.
(c) For pleasure.
(d) For research on the time period.

5. What do Du Camp and Flaubert do the night before climbing the Great Pyramid?
(a) They get drunk.
(b) They research its history.
(c) They take photographs.
(d) They sleep beside it.

Short Answer Questions

1. About a year after their first meeting, Geoffrey agrees to meet with Ed for what reason?

2. How does Flaubert feel about the organization of his ideas?

3. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?

4. What particular criticism does Starkie have of Flaubert's characterization of Madame Bovary?

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

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