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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Loulou?
(a) Caroline's parrot.
(b) Felicite's parrot.
(c) Elisa Schlessinger's parrot.
(d) Juliet's parrot.

3. What color are Madame Bovary's eyes, according to Geoffrey who says that they may be changed in appearance by the light?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Grey.
(d) Blue.

4. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?
(a) It bleated with a melody-like sound.
(b) It was blind.
(c) It had a human-like face.
(d) It had five legs.

5. As a student, what subject did Flaubert fail at?
(a) Economics.
(b) Law.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Medicine.

6. According to Geoffrey, what is included in Flaubert's dictionary along with a catalog of cliches and odd definitions?
(a) Forms for writing letters.
(b) Fake advice.
(c) Songs.
(d) Farming tips.

7. What does Geoffrey say we need to respect about Flaubert even if we think him naive or unsuccessful?
(a) His philanthropy.
(b) His body of work.
(c) His legacy.
(d) His seriousness.

8. After Flaubert published "Madame Bovary," what did Gertrude Collier Tenant publish?
(a) The letters written to her by Flaubert.
(b) A romance novel.
(c) A critique of "Madam Bovary."
(d) An edition of of her grandfather's journal.

9. What is Geoffrey's marital status?
(a) Widowed.
(b) Single.
(c) Married.
(d) Divorced.

10. What mistake did the professor from Cambridge point out in a Tennyson work?
(a) The year of the battle.
(b) The name of the colonel who led the troops into battle.
(c) The number of men riding into battle.
(d) The outcome of the battle.

11. What does Geoffrey do on his last day in Rouen?
(a) He outlines his new book.
(b) He drives to Croisset.
(c) He eats at a snack bar called Le Flaubert.
(d) He photographs the statues.

12. In what setting does Geoffrey think the most famous nineteenth century fictional depiction of a seduction occurs?
(a) Out in the countryside.
(b) In a cab of a carriage.
(c) Onboard a ship.
(d) In a bordello.

13. Flaubert, who didn't believe in progress, thought that democracy made people what?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Dependent on government.
(c) Territorial.
(d) Unhappy.

14. The third list in the chronology consists of what?
(a) Flaubert's love affairs.
(b) Flaubert's thoughts through the years.
(c) Flaubert's correspondence.
(d) Flaubert's death.

15. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?
(a) His mother's maid.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Louise Colet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?

2. What does Geoffrey hope will result from his discussion with Ed?

3. Why does Geoffrey think that critics want to control literature?

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

5. About a year after their first meeting, Geoffrey agrees to meet with Ed for what reason?

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