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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. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?
(a) Curses.
(b) The name of its owner's lost love.
(c) Quotes from Shakespeare.
(d) The days of the week.

2. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?
(a) Ed wants to donate materials to the Flaubert museums.
(b) Ed has lost the book he hoped to exchange with Geoffrey.
(c) Ed has married.
(d) Ed has been fired.

3. For what reason was Flaubert confined to the family home as a young man?
(a) Because of the war.
(b) Because of a broken leg.
(c) Because of an epileptic attack.
(d) Because of a scandal involving a maid.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert?

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

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

4. What happened to the letters?

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

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