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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. Geoffrey maintains that mistakes like the professor pointed out in his speech are external mistakes, but Geoffrey is more concerned with internal mistakes which he considers to be what?
(a) Philosophically unsound.
(b) Untrue.
(c) Sloppy.
(d) Something designed to keep the reader alert.

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

3. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?
(a) Because other bears have been used by humans, but not the white bear.
(b) Because he once had a stuffed white bear as a child.
(c) Because other bears appear to often in literature.
(d) Because white bears are a symbol of goodness.

4. Who was Loulou?
(a) Caroline's parrot.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger's parrot.
(c) Juliet's parrot.
(d) Felicite's parrot.

5. What does Geoffrey ask Ed about the content of the letters?
(a) He asked if Julie wrote about her children.
(b) He asked if Flaubert used the letters as the basis for any of his stories.
(c) He asks if the letters proved Flaubert and Julie Herbert had an affair.
(d) He asks if Flaubert discussed death in his letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the attitude toward Flaubert of the Collier sisters who Flaubert met when he spent his summers in Trouville?

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

3. If Geoffrey had his way, which of the following subjects would he not ban novel writers from using?

4. In the story, "Un coeur simple," what is Felicite's occupation?

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

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