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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 animal does Flaubert dream about in the dream Geoffrey includes in the psychoanalysis section of the examination?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Bear.
(c) Rat.
(d) Lion.

2. According to Du Camp, how should the name Bovary be pronounced?
(a) Like the word "brother" without the first "r."
(b) With a long "o" as in "boat."
(c) With a short "o" as in "bother."
(d) With the accent on the last syllable.

3. What tantalizes Geoffrey about Flaubert's ideas?
(a) How much Flaubert's ideas are like his own.
(b) How many more books of Flaubert's he has yet to read.
(c) How much Flaubert sounds like he belongs in the twentieth century.
(d) All of the unwritten works.

4. 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.

5. What did Flaubert never do?
(a) Finish a book.
(b) Have an affair.
(c) Dance.
(d) Travel abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What French work did Flaubert translate into English?

2. Which of the following did Flaubert not do to Louise?

3. How does Geoffrey defend Flaubert against the charge of being a sadist?

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

5. About whom was the following epitaph written: She who lies here compromised Victor Cousin, ridiculed Alfred de Musset, reviled Gustave Flaubert . . . ?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Louise a complication in Flaubert's life?

2. What are two of the issues about which Geoffrey says people would find fault with Flaubert?

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

4. Why did Flaubert hate railroads?

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

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

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

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

9. What two women are compared and found to be remarkably similar?

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

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