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

2. What does Geoffrey see at the second Flaubert museum?
(a) Another stuffed green parrot.
(b) The original manuscript of Madame Bovary.
(c) Love letters written by Flaubert.
(d) Photographs of Flaubert's relatives.

3. What does Geoffrey do on his last day in Rouen?
(a) He drives to Croisset.
(b) He photographs the statues.
(c) He outlines his new book.
(d) He eats at a snack bar called Le Flaubert.

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

5. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?
(a) He felt Ed had done the morally correct decision.
(b) He was thrilled.
(c) He was angry with Ed.
(d) He was ambivalent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?

2. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?

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

4. If Geoffrey had his way, which of the following subjects would he not ban novel writers from using?

5. What should novelists who want to reproduce life's possibilities do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are several different parrots mentioned in the bestiary?

2. What does Geoffrey say is the difference between internal mistakes in writing literature and external ones?

3. What is the mystery of the two parrots?

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

5. How successful was Flaubert during his student days?

6. Whose deaths greatly affected Flaubert's life?

7. What are some connections between Flaubert and Gertrude Collier?

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

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

10. What was included in the dictionary Flaubert wrote?

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