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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) Ellen's illness.
(b) Their writing projects.
(c) His children's behavior.
(d) Ellen's affairs.

2. In his examination paper on literary criticism, what does Flaubert say about his sister's death?
(a) That he would no longer have anyone to whom he could tell secrets.
(b) That his wife was secretly glad his sister died.
(c) That his sister was the model for most of his heroines.
(d) That he could not cry even though books often made him cry.

3. Geoffrey thinks that preparing for death is part of what?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) One's personal philosophy.
(d) Mental illness.

4. What did Geoffrey say about his relationship with Ellen?
(a) He said Ellen would never take a lover.
(b) He said Ellen would go to the ends of the earth for him.
(c) He said Ellen didn't love him.
(d) He said Ellen had no one else to love.

5. Which of the following did Flaubert not do to Louise?
(a) Ridicule her work.
(b) Speak ill of her to her friends.
(c) Lie to her.
(d) Make enemies of her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louise Colet say she will take as a compliment?

2. What monumental decision did Geoffrey make about Ellen?

3. Why did Louise say that she did not need Flaubert in her life?

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

5. What did Flaubert think should accompany scientific advances?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Louise Colet say she didn't need Flaubert in her life?

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

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

4. In what way was Flaubert unkind to Louise?

5. Describe three life plans Flaubert dreamed of.

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

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

8. What does Geoffrey say about the death of writers?

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

10. What does Geoffrey notice about the signs on the train from Rouen?

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