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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?
(a) They were both ill at the same time.
(b) They both loved wine.
(c) They were both orphans.
(d) They were both demanding.

2. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?
(a) The deaths and failures in Flaubert's life.
(b) Flaubert's works.
(c) Flaubert's childhood.
(d) The influence of politics on Flaubert's life.

3. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?
(a) Details of Flaubert's life and successes.
(b) Critical response to Flaubert's work.
(c) Flaubert's works.
(d) Flaubert's childhood.

4. Who was Loulou?
(a) Caroline's parrot.
(b) Juliet's parrot.
(c) Elisa Schlessinger's parrot.
(d) Felicite's parrot.

5. According to Geoffrey, what is included in Flaubert's dictionary along with a catalog of cliches and odd definitions?
(a) Forms for writing letters.
(b) Fake advice.
(c) Farming tips.
(d) Songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?

2. What was the attitude toward Flaubert of the Collier sisters who Flaubert met when he spent his summers in Trouville?

3. How many times are Madame Bovary's eyes actually mentioned in the novel?

4. In what setting does Geoffrey think the most famous nineteenth century fictional depiction of a seduction occurs?

5. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Flaubert refers to himself as a bear, and particularly as a white one.

2. What factual information does Geoffrey tell the reader about himself?

3. Whose deaths greatly affected Flaubert's life?

4. What are the three parts of Braithwaite's chronology about?

5. What places does Geoffrey go to learn more about Gustave Flaubert?

6. What does Geoffrey find on the subject of Madame Bovary's eyes when he rereads the book?

7. Flaubert compares himself to many things. Name some of them.

8. What examples of literary mistakes does the professor from Cambridge talk about?

9. Why is Geoffrey so anxious to meet with Ed a second time?

10. What is the mystery of the two parrots?

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