3. Why didn't Flaubert include many trains in his work?
(a) Most of Flaubert's work was set before the popularity of trains in France.
(b) Flaubert wrote books and stories set in isolated villages.
(c) Flaubert wrote about the Middle Ages.
(d) Flaubert hated trains.

4. According to Geoffrey, which of the following is not a reason that makes people want to know the worst?
(a) Because it is love's favorite perversion.
(b) Because people think they can find ways to repair their lives.
(c) Because people tire of preferring to know the best.
(d) Because curiosity always hurdles self-interest.

5. Geoffrey thinks that preparing for death is part of what?
(a) Life.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) One's personal philosophy.
(d) Love.

6. What is it that Geoffrey says about a line of writing which is good?
(a) He says it ceases to belong to any school.
(b) He says it comes straight from the heart.
(c) He says it has to have been labored over.
(d) He says it is immediately recognized as being good.

7. Geoffrey feels that he understands Ellen less than he understands whom?
(a) Flaubert.
(b) His mother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His son.

8. What is Geoffrey's response to the accusation that Flaubert was a pessimist?
(a) He explains why Flaubert was actually an optimist.
(b) He says that people don't understand the satire in Flaubert's novels.
(c) He gives a list of Flaubert's optimistic quotes.
(d) He says that he didn't know one had to defend authors for being pessimists.

9. At Croisset, what was on the site of what was Flaubert's home?
(a) A cotton mill.
(b) A paper factory.
(c) A shoe factory.
(d) A refinery.

10. In his examination paper on literary criticism, what does Flaubert say about his sister's death?
(a) That his sister was the model for most of his heroines.
(b) That his wife was secretly glad his sister died.
(c) That he could not cry even though books often made him cry.
(d) That he would no longer have anyone to whom he could tell secrets.

11. What tantalizes Geoffrey about Flaubert's ideas?
(a) How much Flaubert sounds like he belongs in the twentieth century.
(b) All of the unwritten works.
(c) How much Flaubert's ideas are like his own.
(d) How many more books of Flaubert's he has yet to read.

12. Which of the following are not used to describe Flaubert in Braithwaite's Dictionary?
(a) The bear in his lair.
(b) The legend of Rouen.
(c) The father of Realism.
(d) The first modern novelist.

13. How does Geoffrey defend Flaubert against the charge of being a sadist?
(a) He quotes a letter from Flaubert on the subject.
(b) He says that Flaubert was always too ill to act in sadistic ways.
(c) He says Flaubert never commited an unkind act.
(d) He says that a priest who took Flaubert's confessions said the charge was a lie.

14. Why was Louise a risk in Flaubert's life?
(a) Because of the possibility of disease.
(b) Because she meant the risk of partnership.
(c) Because she was married.
(d) Because Flaubert spent so much money on her.

15. According to Louise, what kind of lover was Flaubert?
(a) Forceful.
(b) Eager.
(c) Shy.
(d) Intellectual.