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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. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?
(a) Metaphors.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Literary allusion.

2. 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 much longer because of all the stops.
(b) The trip takes about half the time.
(c) Geoffrey wonders about the difference, but doesn't know the answer.
(d) The trip takes about the same amount of time.

3. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Syphilis and diabetes.
(b) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(c) Diabetes and heart disease.
(d) Epilepsy and syphilis.

4. What is it that Geoffrey says about a line of writing which is good?
(a) He says it comes straight from the heart.
(b) He says it has to have been labored over.
(c) He says it ceases to belong to any school.
(d) He says it is immediately recognized as being good.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Geoffrey, what did Flaubert think about democracy?

2. In his letters, what did Flaubert often write to Louise about?

3. Where did Flaubert always meet Louise Colet?

4. What mistake in "The Lord of the Flies" does the professor from Cambridge talk about?

5. What happened to the letters?

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