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

2. After her parrot dies, what does Felicite do?
(a) She buys another parrot.
(b) She has his photograph taken.
(c) She has him stuffed and prays to him.
(d) She buries him and buys a headstone.

3. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?
(a) Ed wants to donate materials to the Flaubert museums.
(b) Ed has lost the book he hoped to exchange with Geoffrey.
(c) Ed has married.
(d) Ed has been fired.

4. As a student, what subject did Flaubert fail at?
(a) Economics.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Architecture.

5. What is Geoffrey's marital status?
(a) He is married.
(b) He is a widower.
(c) He is single.
(d) He is divorced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert?

2. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?

3. 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?

4. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?

5. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was included in the dictionary Flaubert wrote?

2. How successful was Flaubert during his student days?

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

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

5. What is the mystery of the two parrots?

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

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

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

9. What does Geoffrey mean by this statement which he writes after the stories about the Scottish terrier, "What happened to the truth is not recorded"?

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

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