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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Geoffrey, what is the sweetest moment of writing?
(a) Writing the final word.
(b) Reading a good review on a book.
(c) Getting an idea for a book that never has to be written.
(d) Seeing the book in print.

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

3. What monumental decision did Geoffrey make about Ellen?
(a) He decided to divorce her.
(b) He decided to take the children away from her.
(c) He decided he would force her to tell him the truth.
(d) He decided to cut her life support.

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

5. Geoffrey said that Flaubert learned that life is not a choice between murdering your way to throne or what?
(a) Murdering your servant.
(b) Marrying your way to the throne.
(c) Farming the land.
(d) Slopping a pig.

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

7. What did Flaubert think should accompany scientific advances?
(a) Moral advances.
(b) Literary advances.
(c) Economic advances.
(d) Increased study opportunities.

8. Who was known as Flaubert's second mother?
(a) Louise Colet.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger.
(c) George Sand.
(d) Caroline Flaubert.

9. In the "History (with Astrology)" section of the examination, what does Flaubert say we are dancing on?
(a) The edge of a volcano.
(b) The grass in a meadow.
(c) The seat of a latrine.
(d) The floor of a tavern.

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

11. According to Geoffrey, how did Flaubert sometimes travel in London?
(a) In rented carriages.
(b) On horseback
(c) By bus.
(d) Via the London Underground.

12. Who was the first French writer to appear on a stamp?
(a) Rosnard.
(b) Flaubert.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Balzac.

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

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

15. How was Achille related to Flaubert?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) He was Flaubert's brother-in-law.
(c) He was Flauert's son.
(d) He was Flaubert's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Geoffrey say was the only thing Ellen never talked about?

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

3. What did Louise do after Flaubert broke off their affair?

4. What did Geoffrey want to know about his wife?

5. Why did Geoffrey think people want to think the best about authors?

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