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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Geoffrey notice that the trains pass as they leave the station in Croisset?
(a) The cemetary where Flaubert's parents are buried.
(b) The house where Flaubert's mistress lived.
(c) The museum where the stuffed parrot is kept.
(d) Flaubert's pavilion.

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

4. 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.

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

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(c) The information on the signs is out of date.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

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

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

9. Who always met Flaubert when he returned to Rouen from Mantes?
(a) Elisa Schlesinger.
(b) Maxine du Camp.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

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

11. To whom were all of Flaubert's letters to Louise Colet sent through?
(a) Louise Colet's brother.
(b) Flaubert's sister.
(c) Maxime du Camp.
(d) Felicite.

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

13. 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 he could not cry even though books often made him cry.
(c) That he would no longer have anyone to whom he could tell secrets.
(d) That his wife was secretly glad his sister died.

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

15. According to Du Camp, how should the name Bovary be pronounced?
(a) With a long "o" as in "boat."
(b) With the accent on the last syllable.
(c) Like the word "brother" without the first "r."
(d) With a short "o" as in "bother."

Short Answer Questions

1. What monumental decision did Geoffrey make about Ellen?

2. Where did Louise and Flaubert meet?

3. What does Louise think people will think about her and Flaubert after they are dead?

4. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?

5. Which of the following, in Flaubert's "Over Strand and Field," does he say he doesn't laugh at?

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