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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 research its history.
(b) They get drunk.
(c) They take photographs.
(d) They sleep beside it.

2. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?
(a) Julie Herbert.
(b) Elisa Schlesinger.
(c) Flaubert's mother.
(d) Caroline.

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

4. 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) Farming tips.
(c) Fake advice.
(d) Songs.

5. How is Rouen different from the first time Geoffrey visited the city?
(a) It has three times the population.
(b) It had been bombed then.
(c) It has been industrialized.
(d) Its parks have been paved over.

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

7. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?
(a) She is lonely.
(b) She is inarticulate.
(c) She writes in a diary.
(d) She takes lovers.

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

9. 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 the war.
(d) Because of a scandal involving a maid.

10. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?
(a) Flaubert's childhood.
(b) Critical response to Flaubert's work.
(c) Details of Flaubert's life and successes.
(d) Flaubert's works.

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

12. 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) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

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

14. Flaubert was born in what year?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1800.

15. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?
(a) Quotes from Shakespeare.
(b) The name of its owner's lost love.
(c) Curses.
(d) The days of the week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

2. How many times are Madame Bovary's eyes actually mentioned in the novel?

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

4. What does Geoffrey do on his last day in Rouen?

5. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?

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