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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Braithwaite's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert?
(a) She said that Flaubert never had a mistress.
(b) She said that Flaubert's mother forbid him to become a writer.
(c) She left out the entire story of "Un couer simple" from her manuscript.
(d) She used a portrait on her first volume about Flaubert that wasn't him.

3. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?
(a) Elisa Schlessinger.
(b) His mother's maid.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Louise Colet.

4. According to Louise, what kind of lover was Flaubert?
(a) Forceful.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Eager.
(d) Shy.

5. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?
(a) Columns.
(b) Flags.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Statues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Flaubert always meet Louise Colet?

2. According to Geoffrey, what is included in Flaubert's dictionary along with a catalog of cliches and odd definitions?

3. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?

4. What does Louise think people will think about her and Flaubert after they are dead?

5. What did Flaubert think should accompany scientific advances?

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