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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. How long did it take Flaubert to write a novel?
(a) A few months.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five to seven years.
(d) One year.

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

3. What is the parrot's name?
(a) Mimi.
(b) Loulou.
(c) Polly.
(d) Gustave.

4. What does Geoffrey call the devil's mark of the snorkel of sanity?
(a) Irony.
(b) Parody.
(c) Satire.
(d) Literary allusion.

5. What did Ed originally intend to do with the letters?
(a) Donate them to the Flaubert museum.
(b) Keep them for his collection.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Give them to Geoffrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Geoffrey read Flaubert?

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

3. Why does Louise say Flaubert feared her?

4. How does Geoffrey think authors legitimize coincidences?

5. What mistake did the professor from Cambridge point out in a Tennyson work?

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