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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, And the Parrot....

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Geoffrey notice that the trains pass as they leave the station in Croisset?
(a) The house where Flaubert's mistress lived.
(b) The cemetary where Flaubert's parents are buried.
(c) The museum where the stuffed parrot is kept.
(d) Flaubert's pavilion.

2. With what writer does the biographer Enid Starkie compare Flaubert?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Balzac.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Moliere.

3. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?
(a) Architect.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

4. What did Geoffrey do to ascertain the color of Madame Bovary's eyes?
(a) He researched Flaubert's notes.
(b) He asked the guest lecturer.
(c) He read the original manuscript.
(d) He reread the book.

5. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?
(a) Elisa Schlesinger.
(b) His sister.
(c) Louise Colet.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When one of Flaubert's doctors called him "an hysterical old woman," what was his reaction?

3. What did Flaubert's niece ask for after Flaubert's death?

4. According to Geoffrey, what is the sweetest moment of writing?

5. How was Achille related to Flaubert?

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