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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. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?
(a) Wealthy and unknown.
(b) Wealthy and famous.
(c) Impoverished and lonely.
(d) Impoverished but loved.

2. Geoffrey maintains that mistakes like the professor pointed out in his speech are external mistakes, but Geoffrey is more concerned with internal mistakes which he considers to be what?
(a) Untrue.
(b) Something designed to keep the reader alert.
(c) Sloppy.
(d) Philosophically unsound.

3. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?
(a) Louise Colet.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger.
(c) His mother's maid.
(d) Mimi.

4. Flaubert refers to himself as a bear and his sister as what animal?
(a) The rabbit.
(b) The alligator.
(c) The rat.
(d) The lion.

5. Who is Humbert?
(a) The name of a Nabokov character who seduced young girls.
(b) The lawyer hired by Flaubert in Rouen.
(c) The Russian guide who took Flaubert to the top of the Great Pyramid.
(d) The translator who travels with Flaubert and Du Camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?

2. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

3. For what reason does Geoffrey read Flaubert?

4. What does Geoffrey think might be a reason why Flaubert refers to himself as a white bear?

5. How did Flaubert first come to know Juliet Herbert?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ironic about the Flaubert's burial?

3. How did Ed happen to get the letters between Julie and Flaubert?

4. Why does Geoffrey think Flaubert might also be compared to a camel?

5. Whose deaths greatly affected Flaubert's life?

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

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

8. How successful was Flaubert during his student days?

9. What was included in the dictionary Flaubert wrote?

10. What does Geoffrey think about omniscient authors of novels?

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