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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the psychology section of the examination, what two women are compared?
(a) Madame Bovary and Eleanor Marx.
(b) Juliet Herbert and Eleanor Marx.
(c) Elisa Schlessinger and Louise Colet.
(d) Madame Bovary and Louise Colet.

2. Which of the following, in Flaubert's "Over Strand and Field," does he say he doesn't laugh at?
(a) Painters.
(b) Professors of literature.
(c) Gendarmes.
(d) Attorneys.

3. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?
(a) He would stop devoting time to his writing.
(b) She would have a child and die.
(c) She would stop loving him.
(d) He would stop loving her.

4. While traveling on the train to Rouen, what does Geoffrey notice about the signs?
(a) The signs are printed in multiple languages.
(b) Words on the signs have been blacked out.
(c) Some of the signs have been posted upside-down.
(d) The information on the signs is out of date.

5. 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.

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

7. Where did Geoffrey say he thought his wife's despair came from?
(a) The knowledge that Geoffrey cheated on her.
(b) The illness she was fighting.
(c) A chamber of her heart which was inaccessible to him.
(d) A child she could not help.

8. What object is the subject of the theater direction quoted in the theatrical history section of the examination?
(a) A pen.
(b) A rocking chair.
(c) A stockpot.
(d) A copy of Madame Bovary.

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

10. What does Louise Colet say she will take as a compliment?
(a) That she is careful about money.
(b) That she swears like a man.
(c) That she has no guile about her.
(d) That she is a dangerous woman.

11. According to Louise, what would Flaubert have made her into if he had his way?
(a) His mistress.
(b) A playwright.
(c) An atheist.
(d) A hermit.

12. What did people want to tell Geoffrey about?
(a) Their writing projects.
(b) His children's behavior.
(c) Ellen's illness.
(d) Ellen's affairs.

13. According to Geoffrey, what did Flaubert think about democracy?
(a) He thought democracy would eventually come to every country.
(b) He thought democracy was merely a stage in the history of government.
(c) He thought democracy was noble.
(d) He thought democracy would ruin France.

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

15. Where did Louise and Flaubert meet?
(a) Aboard ship.
(b) On a train.
(c) At the park in Rouen.
(d) At a scuptor's studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Geoffrey, how did Flaubert sometimes travel in London?

2. What did Flaubert never do?

3. Why does Louise say Flaubert feared her?

4. What is the difference in time for the trip to Rouen by train for Geoffrey than it was in Flaubert's time?

5. What does Geoffrey call the devil's mark of the snorkel of sanity?

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