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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. According to Du Camp, on whom was Madame Bovary modeled?
(a) The village seamstress of Rouen.
(b) The second wife of a medical officer.
(c) Flaubert's first mistress.
(d) Flaubert's cousin.

2. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?
(a) They were both orphans.
(b) They both loved wine.
(c) They were both demanding.
(d) They were both ill at the same time.

3. The chronology is divided into three sections, the first of which deals with which of the following?
(a) Flaubert's works.
(b) Details of Flaubert's life and successes.
(c) Critical response to Flaubert's work.
(d) Flaubert's childhood.

4. What does Geoffrey ask Ed about the content of the letters?
(a) He asked if Julie wrote about her children.
(b) He asks if Flaubert discussed death in his letters.
(c) He asks if the letters proved Flaubert and Julie Herbert had an affair.
(d) He asked if Flaubert used the letters as the basis for any of his stories.

5. What color are Madame Bovary's eyes, according to Geoffrey who says that they may be changed in appearance by the light?
(a) Green.
(b) Grey.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her parrot dies, what does Felicite do?

2. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?

3. Who should the author of a book be like, according to a quote Geoffrey has read?

4. What does Geoffrey do on his last day in Rouen?

5. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was included in the dictionary Flaubert wrote?

3. Whose deaths greatly affected Flaubert's life?

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

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

6. Why might Geoffrey be so interested in the mystery of the parrots?

7. Describe Ed Winterton.

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

9. What does Geoffrey say about coincidences?

10. 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"?

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