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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. Which of the following was Flaubert not accused of?
2. Who is defined as Flaubert's social alter ego?
3. What does Geoffrey call the devil's mark of the snorkel of sanity?
4. What is Geoffrey's response to the accusation that Flaubert was a pessimist?
5. Why did Flaubert want Louise to write like he wrote?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are two of the issues about which Geoffrey says people would find fault with Flaubert?
2. Why was Louise a complication in Flaubert's life?
3. What was odd about the stage direction given in the Theatrical History section?
4. Why was Flaubert secretive about his meetings with Louise Colet?
5. What does Geoffrey say is the difference between what people want to know about lovers and what they want to know about authors?
6. Why does Geoffrey maintain that he killed his wife?
7. Why does Louise Colet say she didn't need Flaubert in her life?
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. Who are two of Flaubert's relatives who are given an entry in Braithwaite's dictionary?
10. Describe three life plans Flaubert dreamed of.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At one point, Geoffrey examines Flaubert's life from the viewpoint of the road not taken.
1) Describe some of the plans Flaubert had for his life and for books that didn't get written.
2) Explain how the idea of life plans not taken also intrigue Geoffrey for personal reasons.
Essay Topic 2
Geoffrey narrates this book from the first-person perspective. Discuss what advantages and disadvantages you see in the author using this voice. Also comment on the author's choice to let Louise Colet narrate one chapter in her own voice.
Essay Topic 3
Geoffrey tells the reader that he understands Flaubert better than he understands his wife. Explain what you think Geoffrey means by this statement using specific examples. Comment on why or why not you think people might be able to understand historical or literary figures more fully than individuals in their own lives.
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