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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. While traveling on the train to Rouen, what does Geoffrey notice about the signs?
(a) Words on the signs have been blacked out.
(b) Some of the signs have been posted upside-down.
(c) The information on the signs is out of date.
(d) The signs are printed in multiple languages.

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

3. What did Flaubert think should accompany scientific advances?
(a) Literary advances.
(b) Increased study opportunities.
(c) Moral advances.
(d) Economic advances.

4. Geoffrey said that Flaubert learned that life is not a choice between murdering your way to throne or what?
(a) Slopping a pig.
(b) Farming the land.
(c) Marrying your way to the throne.
(d) Murdering your servant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What French work did Flaubert translate into English?

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

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

4. What does Geoffrey notice that the trains pass as they leave the station in Croisset?

5. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Flaubert hate railroads?

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

3. Who are three authors who are given entries in Braithwaite's dictionary?

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

5. In what way was Flaubert unkind to Louise?

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

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

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

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

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

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