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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?

2. What are Geoffrey's thoughts about when he likes to cross the channel?

3. Who is Humbert?

4. As a student, what subject did Flaubert fail at?

5. What was the name of the greyhound that was Flaubert's final companion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Geoffrey say about coincidences?

2. What does Geoffrey say is the difference between internal mistakes in writing literature and external ones?

3. What does Geoffrey find on the subject of Madame Bovary's eyes when he rereads the book?

4. What was the trick Flaubert planned to play at the Great Pyramid and what was the outcome?

5. Whose deaths greatly affected Flaubert's life?

6. How successful was Flaubert during his student days?

7. Flaubert compares himself to many things. Name some of them.

8. What factual information does Geoffrey tell the reader about himself?

9. Explain why Flaubert refers to himself as a bear, and particularly as a white one.

10. Why did Ed say he burned the correspondence between Juliet and Flaubert?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women played a major role in Flaubert's life. Explain the impact of each of the following woman on Flaubert's life and/or work: Madame Flaubert, Juliet Herbert, Louise Colet, and Elisa Schlesinger.

Essay Topic 2

Minor characters contribute color to "Flaubert's Parrot." Choose any three from the following list of characters and describe what relationship each had with Flaubert and how their inclusion benefits the book as a whole: Maxime Du Camp, Elisa Schlesinger, Gertrude Collier, Kuchuk Hanem, Lucien Andrieu, Enid Starkie.

Essay Topic 3

Flaubert's family influenced his life in many ways. Discuss Flaubert's relationship with his mother, his father, and his sister. Include details about the secret he kept from his mother, his father's contributions to his career, and his sister's death.

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