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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Louise do after Flaubert broke off their affair?
(a) She ripped up one of his original manuscripts.
(b) She started an affair with his best friend.
(c) She wrote a letter to his mother.
(d) She went to see him at Croisset.

2. Why did Louise say that she did not need Flaubert in her life?
(a) Because she was married.
(b) Because she was famous.
(c) Because she didn't like men.
(d) Because he was too old for her.

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

4. Why did Flaubert give up his interest in the story of Mycerinus and his sarcophagus?
(a) Flaubert found the story too troubling.
(b) Flaubert had too many other projects going at the time.
(c) The mummy was stolen from the museum.
(d) The mummified body he was interested may not have been Mycerinus.

5. To what does Geoffrey compare a work of art?
(a) A solution to a difficult problem.
(b) An honest man.
(c) A pyramid in the desert.
(d) A troubled mind.

6. What did Flaubert never do?
(a) Finish a book.
(b) Travel abroad.
(c) Have an affair.
(d) Dance.

7. What was the subject of the metaphysical novel Flaubert made plans to write?
(a) A man who could only communicate with animals.
(b) A man who was unhappy in his life but happy in his dreams.
(c) A man who wanted to see the world, but would go no farther than five miles from his home.
(d) A man who could not love anyone who loved him.

8. Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer?
(a) Maxime du Camp.
(b) Flaubert's mother.
(c) Flaubert's doctor.
(d) Louise Colet.

9. Why does Louise say Flaubert feared her?
(a) Because she might blackmail him.
(b) Because she had hidden his love notes.
(c) Because she could ruin his reputation.
(d) Because she understood him.

10. What does Geoffrey ask about disciples and their masters?
(a) Does a master also learn from his disciples?
(b) Should a disciple acknowledge his debt to his master?
(c) Is the great writer responsible for his disciples?
(d) Do all disciples receive equal treatment from a master?

11. How did Ellen's life change when she had children?
(a) She stopped taking lovers.
(b) She became closer to Geoffrey.
(c) She resumed her writing.
(d) She distanced herself from Geoffrey.

12. What did Geoffrey say about his relationship with Ellen?
(a) He said Ellen would go to the ends of the earth for him.
(b) He said Ellen would never take a lover.
(c) He said Ellen had no one else to love.
(d) He said Ellen didn't love him.

13. What organ of the body does Flaubert refer to when explaining the purpose of poetry?
(a) The brain.
(b) The spleen.
(c) The hand.
(d) The heart.

14. What French work did Flaubert translate into English?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Candide.
(c) The Three Musketeers.
(d) Rousseau's essays.

15. What does Geoffrey say mourning is full of?
(a) Weeping.
(b) Visitors.
(c) Time.
(d) Memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Geoffrey, at one point in Flaubert's life did he no longer need fantasies?

2. Geoffrey says that you cannot change humanity, you can only what?

3. What defense does Geoffrey suggest against those who said Flaubert didn't involve himself in life?

4. In his examination paper on literary criticism, what does Flaubert say about his sister's death?

5. While traveling on the train to Rouen, what does Geoffrey notice about the signs?

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