2. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Literary allusion.

3. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A camel.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A whale.

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

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

6. Who should the author of a book be like, according to a quote Geoffrey has read?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A parent.
(c) God.
(d) A close friend.

7. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?
(a) He believed he had turned into a parrot.
(b) He died trying to save the parrot.
(c) He wrote several stories about the parrot.
(d) He bought an aviary.

8. What does Geoffrey hope will result from his discussion with Ed?
(a) Light will be shed on how the Flaubert museums can be updated.
(b) Light will be shed on Flaubert's behavior in London.
(c) Light will be shed on Flaubert's relationship with his niece.
(d) Light will be shed on Flaubert's state of mind when he wrote Madame Bovary.

9. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?
(a) It says the parrot was a gift from Flaubert's lover.
(b) It says the parrot was given to Flaubert's mother when he died.
(c) It says the parrot once sat on Flaubert's desk.
(d) It says the parrot was Flaubert's childhood pet.

10. When they were lowering Caroline's coffin into the ground, what happened?
(a) The pall bearers dropped it.
(b) Flaubert cried out.
(c) It got stuck.
(d) The church bells began to peal.

11. How many letters did Ed get from the woman named Kent?
(a) About 75.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Two.
(d) About a dozen.

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

13. How does Flaubert feel about the organization of his ideas?
(a) He puts everything into neat little categories.
(b) He purposely lets ideas fall where they will.
(c) He wants others to organize his ideas for him.
(d) He is haphazard about organization about half the time.

14. How did Flaubert first come to know Juliet Herbert?
(a) She was governess to Flaubert's niece.
(b) He met her at church.
(c) She was his sister-in-law.
(d) She was his mother's maid.

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