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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ed originally intend to do with the letters?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Donate them to the Flaubert museum.
(c) Give them to Geoffrey.
(d) Keep them for his collection.

2. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?
(a) They both loved wine.
(b) They were both ill at the same time.
(c) They were both demanding.
(d) They were both orphans.

3. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?
(a) Ed has lost the book he hoped to exchange with Geoffrey.
(b) Ed has been fired.
(c) Ed has married.
(d) Ed wants to donate materials to the Flaubert museums.

4. What is Geoffrey's attitude when making his final explanation about why he hates critics?
(a) He forgives those critics who have misjudged his work.
(b) He says he would abolish critics if he had the power to do so.
(c) He is determined to be understanding.
(d) He is filled with rage.

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

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

7. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Epilepsy and syphilis.
(b) Syphilis and diabetes.
(c) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(d) Diabetes and heart disease.

8. What is the parrot's name?
(a) Loulou.
(b) Polly.
(c) Gustave.
(d) Mimi.

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

10. Who actually carried out the trick that resulted in Flaubert's find at the top of the Great Pyramid?
(a) Nabakov.
(b) The translator.
(c) Du Camp.
(d) Flaubert.

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

12. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?
(a) World literature.
(b) Medical history.
(c) Natural history.
(d) The French Revolution.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what setting does Geoffrey think the most famous nineteenth century fictional depiction of a seduction occurs?

2. What happened to the letters?

3. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?

4. What does Flaubert find when he gets to the top of the Great Pyramid?

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

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