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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. What should novelists who want to reproduce life's possibilities do?
(a) They should only draw their ideas from real events.
(b) They should put a set of sealed envelopes with different endings in the back of their books.
(c) They should base their ideas on relgious books.
(d) They should write in teams.

2. In his letters, what did Flaubert often write to Louise about?
(a) His new works.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her upcoming visits.
(d) His mother.

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

4. When one of Flaubert's doctors called him "an hysterical old woman," what was his reaction?
(a) He sued the doctor.
(b) He judged the observation profound.
(c) He used the comment as a premise for a short story.
(d) He never went to see a doctor again.

5. At Croisset, what was on the site of what was Flaubert's home?
(a) A refinery.
(b) A cotton mill.
(c) A paper factory.
(d) A shoe factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Geoffrey defend Flaubert against the charge of being a sadist?

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

3. What did Flaubert think about train travel?

4. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?

5. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?

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