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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following animals does Flaubert not include in his letter to Bouilet?
(a) An ostrich.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A lion.
(d) A monkey.

3. What should novelists who want to reproduce life's possibilities do?
(a) They should only draw their ideas from real events.
(b) They should put a set of sealed envelopes with different endings in the back of their books.
(c) They should write in teams.
(d) They should base their ideas on relgious books.

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

5. What was the attitude toward Flaubert of the Collier sisters who Flaubert met when he spent his summers in Trouville?
(a) They ignored him and hoped he would leave.
(b) They were infatuated with him,
(c) They laughed at him.
(d) Flaubert infuriated them.

6. For what reason was Flaubert confined to the family home as a young man?
(a) Because of a broken leg.
(b) Because of an epileptic attack.
(c) Because of a scandal involving a maid.
(d) Because of the war.

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

8. 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.

9. About a year after their first meeting, Geoffrey agrees to meet with Ed for what reason?
(a) To exchange books.
(b) To plan a trip to the Flaubert museums.
(c) To discuss "Madame Bovary."
(d) To talk about some information Ed has obtained.

10. What are Geoffrey's thoughts about when he likes to cross the channel?
(a) When it is foggy.
(b) In the winter.
(c) During the off-season.
(d) In the summer.

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

12. What happened after the dragoman lost his Scottish terrier?
(a) The dragoman looked for the dog for the rest of his life.
(b) The dragoman barked like a dog and the terrier answered back.
(c) Flaubert bought the dragoman another Scottish terrier.
(d) The dragoman asked Flaubert if he could have Flaubert's dog.

13. Why does Geoffrey say that we cannot know everything about the past?
(a) Because it would be impossible to take in everything.
(b) Because much of history has never been written down.
(c) Because it would confuse us.
(d) Because historians have conflicting ideas about the past.

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

15. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?
(a) Because other bears appear to often in literature.
(b) Because he once had a stuffed white bear as a child.
(c) Because other bears have been used by humans, but not the white bear.
(d) Because white bears are a symbol of goodness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?

2. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?

3. How many letters did Ed get from the woman named Kent?

4. What did Geoffrey do to ascertain the color of Madame Bovary's eyes?

5. What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert?

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