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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Flaubert think about train travel?
(a) It delighted him.
(b) He thought it was too expensive.
(c) It bored him.
(d) He thought it was a modern marvel.

5. Aside from the fact that the house at Croisset was big enough for him to have a study, why else was it good for Flaubert?
(a) It was easily heated and stayed cool in the summer.
(b) It was small enough to discourage visitors.
(c) It was set far off from the road.
(d) It was near the railroad station.

6. Which of the following authors lived in Normandy?
(a) Nabokov.
(b) Flaubert.
(c) Cervantes.
(d) Miller.

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

8. When one of Flaubert's doctors called him "an hysterical old woman," what was his reaction?
(a) He judged the observation profound.
(b) He never went to see a doctor again.
(c) He sued the doctor.
(d) He used the comment as a premise for a short story.

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

10. Why did Flaubert say that he wrote "Madame Bovary"?
(a) Because he knew it would make his fortune.
(b) Because he hated realism.
(c) Because it was the true story of his mother's life.
(d) Because the idea came to him in a dream.

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

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

13. What did Ellen want to know about Geoffrey?
(a) She wanted to know where he spent his money.
(b) She wanted to know what others thought of him.
(c) She wanted to know how he really spent his days.
(d) She only wanted to know the best about him.

14. Which of the following did Flaubert not do to Louise?
(a) Ridicule her work.
(b) Make enemies of her parents.
(c) Speak ill of her to her friends.
(d) Lie to her.

15. What animal does Flaubert dream about in the dream Geoffrey includes in the psychoanalysis section of the examination?
(a) Lion.
(b) Bear.
(c) Rat.
(d) Monkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Flaubert want Louise to write like he wrote?

2. According to Geoffrey, which of the following is not a reason that makes people want to know the worst?

3. In the geographical part of Geoffrey's examination, what comment does he make about the region in which Flaubert lived?

4. What French work did Flaubert translate into English?

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

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