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

2. While traveling on the train to Rouen, what does Geoffrey notice about the signs?
(a) The signs are printed in multiple languages.
(b) Some of the signs have been posted upside-down.
(c) The information on the signs is out of date.
(d) Words on the signs have been blacked out.

3. What mistake in "The Lord of the Flies" does the professor from Cambridge talk about?
(a) Ralph dreams of a place he has never been and calls it home.
(b) The boys come to the island on an obsolete aircraft.
(c) Piggy's glasses are for shortsightedness and could not have lit the fire.
(d) No one thought of fishing, yet the boys ate fish.

4. Why does Geoffrey think that critics want to control literature?
(a) So they can regulate the past.
(b) So they can have power over others.
(c) So they can keep the public from reading inappropriate material.
(d) So they can impress their readers.

5. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?
(a) She is lonely.
(b) She writes in a diary.
(c) She is inarticulate.
(d) She takes lovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?

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

3. For what reason does Geoffrey say that he does not like coincidences?

4. Who was Caroline?

5. Why was Louise a risk in Flaubert's life?

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