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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. What did Flaubert never do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Have an affair.
(c) Travel abroad.
(d) Finish a book.

2. What did Flaubert think about train travel?
(a) He thought it was a modern marvel.
(b) It bored him.
(c) He thought it was too expensive.
(d) It delighted him.

3. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?
(a) They were both orphans.
(b) They were both ill at the same time.
(c) They both loved wine.
(d) They were both demanding.

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

5. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?
(a) He believed he had turned into a parrot.
(b) He bought an aviary.
(c) He died trying to save the parrot.
(d) He wrote several stories about the parrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Humbert?

2. Who always met Flaubert when he returned to Rouen from Mantes?

3. How does Geoffrey defend the charge that Flaubert hated humanity?

4. What French work did Flaubert translate into English?

5. How is Rouen different from the first time Geoffrey visited the city?

(see the answer key)

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