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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. How was Achille related to Flaubert?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) He was Flaubert's brother-in-law.
(c) He was Flauert's son.
(d) He was Flaubert's father.

2. What did Flaubert confess to Louise?
(a) That he spent many hours thinking about what he would do with a million francs.
(b) That he had had many affairs.
(c) That he had given up writing.
(d) That he no longer loved her.

3. What does Louise Colet say she will take as a compliment?
(a) That she swears like a man.
(b) That she has no guile about her.
(c) That she is careful about money.
(d) That she is a dangerous woman.

4. What monumental decision did Geoffrey make about Ellen?
(a) He decided to cut her life support.
(b) He decided to take the children away from her.
(c) He decided he would force her to tell him the truth.
(d) He decided to divorce her.

5. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?
(a) He would stop devoting time to his writing.
(b) She would stop loving him.
(c) He would stop loving her.
(d) She would have a child and die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors lived in Normandy?

2. Who always met Flaubert when he returned to Rouen from Mantes?

3. What did Geoffrey say was the only thing Ellen never talked about?

4. According to Du Camp, how should the name Bovary be pronounced?

5. In his letters, what did Flaubert often write to Louise about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way was Flaubert unkind to Louise?

3. Why does Geoffrey say that Flaubert's fantasies were no longer needed when he was thirty-five?

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

5. How is Flaubert's dream described in the examination section on Psychoanalysis?

6. What were two projects Flaubert started but never finished?

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

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

9. Name one subject area included in the examination paper that you would consider unrelated to Flaubert's life and works. Explain your answer.

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

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