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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 Geoffrey's marital status?
(a) He is a widower.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is single.
(d) He is divorced.

2. According to Louise, what would Flaubert have made her into if he had his way?
(a) His mistress.
(b) A hermit.
(c) A playwright.
(d) An atheist.

3. Who is Humbert?
(a) The Russian guide who took Flaubert to the top of the Great Pyramid.
(b) The translator who travels with Flaubert and Du Camp.
(c) The lawyer hired by Flaubert in Rouen.
(d) The name of a Nabokov character who seduced young girls.

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(b) The information on the signs is out of date.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

5. Who was Caroline?
(a) Flaubert's lover.
(b) Flaubert's mother.
(c) Flaubert's niece.
(d) Flaubert's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?

2. When Gertrude's son-in-law, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was forced to get rid of his belongings during a trip, what book did he toss?

3. Geoffrey maintains that mistakes like the professor pointed out in his speech are external mistakes, but Geoffrey is more concerned with internal mistakes which he considers to be what?

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

5. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?

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