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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. The third list in the chronology consists of what?
(a) Flaubert's thoughts through the years.
(b) Flaubert's correspondence.
(c) Flaubert's love affairs.
(d) Flaubert's death.

2. What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert?
(a) She left out the entire story of "Un couer simple" from her manuscript.
(b) She said that Flaubert never had a mistress.
(c) She used a portrait on her first volume about Flaubert that wasn't him.
(d) She said that Flaubert's mother forbid him to become a writer.

3. Who actually carried out the trick that resulted in Flaubert's find at the top of the Great Pyramid?
(a) Du Camp.
(b) The translator.
(c) Nabakov.
(d) Flaubert.

4. What had Ed lied about to the woman named Kent who gave him the letters?
(a) His identity.
(b) The authenticity of the letters.
(c) His occupation.
(d) The worth of the letters.

5. What happened after the dragoman lost his Scottish terrier?
(a) The dragoman asked Flaubert if he could have Flaubert's dog.
(b) The dragoman barked like a dog and the terrier answered back.
(c) The dragoman looked for the dog for the rest of his life.
(d) Flaubert bought the dragoman another Scottish terrier.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Flaubert published "Madame Bovary," what did Gertrude Collier Tenant publish?

2. According to Geoffrey, what is included in Flaubert's dictionary along with a catalog of cliches and odd definitions?

3. Who was Caroline?

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

5. What did Geoffrey do to ascertain the color of Madame Bovary's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. What is the mystery of the two parrots?

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

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

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

7. What does Geoffrey say about coincidences?

8. Describe Ed Winterton.

9. What was included in the dictionary Flaubert wrote?

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

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