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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who did Cervantes refer to as the source of his famous hero?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Candide.
(c) Felicite.
(d) Madame Bovary.

5. To what philosopher does Geoffrey compare Flaubert?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Kant.

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

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

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

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

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

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(d) The information on the signs is out of date.

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

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

14. 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 didn't love him.
(c) He said Ellen would never take a lover.
(d) He said Ellen had no one else to love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Louise, what would Flaubert have made her into if he had his way?

2. Who was known as Flaubert's second mother?

3. How does Geoffrey defend the charge that Flaubert hated humanity?

4. What did Flaubert think about train travel?

5. What was the subject of the metaphysical novel Flaubert made plans to write?

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