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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Case Against.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the difference in time for the trip to Rouen by train for Geoffrey than it was in Flaubert's time?
(a) The trip takes about half the time.
(b) The trip takes about the same amount of time.
(c) The trip takes much longer because of all the stops.
(d) Geoffrey wonders about the difference, but doesn't know the answer.

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

5. When they were lowering Caroline's coffin into the ground, what happened?
(a) Flaubert cried out.
(b) The pall bearers dropped it.
(c) The church bells began to peal.
(d) It got stuck.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?

2. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?

3. After her parrot dies, what does Felicite do?

4. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?

5. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?

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