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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Geoffrey maintains that mistakes like the professor pointed out in his speech are external mistakes, but Geoffrey is more concerned with internal mistakes which he considers to be what?
(a) Philosophically unsound.
(b) Something designed to keep the reader alert.
(c) Untrue.
(d) Sloppy.

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

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

5. What particular criticism does Starkie have of Flaubert's characterization of Madame Bovary?
(a) She says that there is no clear physical descriptiion in the book.
(b) She says that her temperament does not suit her actions.
(c) He says that her eyes saw all when it was obvious she was often unaware.
(d) She says that he gives her differing eye colors in different chapters.

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

7. Flaubert refers to himself as a bear and his sister as what animal?
(a) The rabbit.
(b) The rat.
(c) The lion.
(d) The alligator.

8. Who was Caroline?
(a) Flaubert's niece.
(b) Flaubert's mother.
(c) Flaubert's sister.
(d) Flaubert's lover.

9. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?
(a) Louise Colet.
(b) His sister.
(c) Elisa Schlesinger.
(d) His mother.

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

11. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?
(a) The influence of politics on Flaubert's life.
(b) Flaubert's works.
(c) Flaubert's childhood.
(d) The deaths and failures in Flaubert's life.

12. What mistake did the professor from Cambridge point out in a Tennyson work?
(a) The outcome 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 year of the battle.

13. For what reason does Geoffrey read Flaubert?
(a) For improving his own writing.
(b) For pleasure.
(c) For self-examination.
(d) For research on the time period.

14. What did Flaubert's niece ask for after Flaubert's death?
(a) Flaubert's stuffed parrot.
(b) A cast of the writer's hand.
(c) The original manuscript of "Madame Bovary."
(d) Flaubert's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?

4. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?

5. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?

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