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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 Geoffrey say was the only thing Ellen never talked about?
(a) Her ambitions.
(b) Her secret life.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her illness.

2. Who is defined as Flaubert's jailer?
(a) Maxime du Camp.
(b) Flaubert's mother.
(c) Louise Colet.
(d) Flaubert's doctor.

3. Who is defined as Flaubert's social alter ego?
(a) Maxime du Camp.
(b) Louis Bouilhet.
(c) Emile Zola.
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre.

4. What is Geoffrey's response to the accusation that Flaubert was a pessimist?
(a) He explains why Flaubert was actually an optimist.
(b) He says that he didn't know one had to defend authors for being pessimists.
(c) He gives a list of Flaubert's optimistic quotes.
(d) He says that people don't understand the satire in Flaubert's novels.

5. What defense does Geoffrey suggest against those who said Flaubert didn't involve himself in life?
(a) He says that Flaubert cared for his children well.
(b) He says that Flaubert had many affairs.
(c) He says that Flaubert lived the life that would best help him write his books.
(d) He says that Flaubert became very involved in politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors lived in Normandy?

2. Who was the first French writer to appear on a stamp?

3. In the geographical part of Geoffrey's examination, what comment does he make about the region in which Flaubert lived?

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

5. Geoffrey says that you cannot change humanity, you can only what?

Short Essay Questions

1. From Braithwaite's dictionary, give an example of conflicting accounts for one particular entry.

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

3. In what way was Flaubert unkind to Louise?

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

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

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

7. Why did Flaubert hate railroads?

8. Why does Geoffrey maintain that he killed his wife?

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

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

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