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

2. Where did Louise and Flaubert meet?
(a) Aboard ship.
(b) On a train.
(c) At a scuptor's studio.
(d) At the park in Rouen.

3. Why did Geoffrey think people want to think the best about authors?
(a) People have a tendency to defend authors.
(b) People want to affirm their choice of reading material.
(c) People believe authors are somewhat like prophets.
(d) People hope to learn truths from authors.

4. Why did Flaubert give up his interest in the story of Mycerinus and his sarcophagus?
(a) The mummy was stolen from the museum.
(b) The mummified body he was interested may not have been Mycerinus.
(c) Flaubert found the story too troubling.
(d) Flaubert had too many other projects going at the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tantalizes Geoffrey about Flaubert's ideas?

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

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

4. According to Geoffrey, what did Flaubert think about democracy?

5. What monumental decision did Geoffrey make about Ellen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Flaubert hate railroads?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Geoffrey think about books that authors didn't write?

9. In what way was Flaubert unkind to Louise?

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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