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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 did people want to tell Geoffrey about?
(a) His children's behavior.
(b) Ellen's affairs.
(c) Ellen's illness.
(d) Their writing projects.

2. Which of the following was Flaubert not accused of?
(a) That he taught no positive values.
(b) That he acted terribly toward women.
(c) That he copied others' works.
(d) That he shot wildlife in the desert.

3. According to Geoffrey, at one point in Flaubert's life did he no longer need fantasies?
(a) When Louise married him.
(b) When he became wealthy.
(c) When "Madame Bovary" was published.
(d) When he moved out of his mother's home.

4. According to Geoffrey, how did Flaubert sometimes travel in London?
(a) Via the London Underground.
(b) In rented carriages.
(c) On horseback
(d) By bus.

5. Why didn't Flaubert include many trains in his work?
(a) Flaubert wrote about the Middle Ages.
(b) Flaubert wrote books and stories set in isolated villages.
(c) Most of Flaubert's work was set before the popularity of trains in France.
(d) Flaubert hated trains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is the subject of the theater direction quoted in the theatrical history section of the examination?

2. What did Flaubert never do?

3. What did Flaubert confess to Louise?

4. Geoffrey feels that he understands Ellen less than he understands whom?

5. Where did Geoffrey say he thought his wife's despair came from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Geoffrey say about Ellen's lies?

2. What does Geoffrey say is the difference between what people want to know about lovers and what they want to know about authors?

3. Who are two of Flaubert's relatives who are given an entry in Braithwaite's dictionary?

4. What was odd about the stage direction given in the Theatrical History section?

5. Describe Flaubert's feelings about his home in Croisset

6. Why does Geoffrey think that people want to know the worst?

7. What are three entries in Braithwaite's dictionary do you think were included only for the sake of filling that letter's spot?

8. In what way was Flaubert unkind to Louise?

9. What was Geoffrey's attitude toward his wife's promiscuity?

10. On what points, if any, does Geoffrey personally criticize Flaubert?

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