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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. After Flaubert published "Madame Bovary," what did Gertrude Collier Tenant publish?
(a) The letters written to her by Flaubert.
(b) A romance novel.
(c) An edition of of her grandfather's journal.
(d) A critique of "Madam Bovary."

2. Who was Caroline?
(a) Flaubert's lover.
(b) Flaubert's niece.
(c) Flaubert's mother.
(d) Flaubert's sister.

3. How is Rouen different from the first time Geoffrey visited the city?
(a) It has three times the population.
(b) It had been bombed then.
(c) Its parks have been paved over.
(d) It has been industrialized.

4. What happened to the letters?
(a) Ed burned them.
(b) Ed sealed them up and left them in an undisclosed location.
(c) Ed ripped them up and dropped them into the sea.
(d) Ed buried them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geoffrey see at the second Flaubert museum?

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

3. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?

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

5. What did Flaubert's niece ask for after Flaubert's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Geoffrey say he hates critics?

2. Whose deaths greatly affected Flaubert's life?

3. Describe Ed Winterton.

4. 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"?

5. What was the trick Flaubert planned to play at the Great Pyramid and what was the outcome?

6. Why did Ed say he burned the correspondence between Juliet and Flaubert?

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

8. What is the mystery of the two parrots?

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

10. What was included in the dictionary Flaubert wrote?

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