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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Emma buy anything from Monsieur Lhereux?
(a) She is too ill to buy anything.
(b) She doesn't want to spend the money.
(c) She wants to wait for Charles to help her decide what to purchase.
(d) He offends her with his coarse manner.

2. What seems to disappoint Emma about her pregnancy and the birth of her child, Berthe?
(a) It is a girl and not a boy.
(b) She cannot afford to buy the layette that she wants.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) It provides one more attachment to a middle-class, provincial life.

3. What city does Emma dream of visiting by tracing maps of it?
(a) Rome.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

4. Where in Yonville is Homais waiting for the Bovarys to arrive?
(a) The local church.
(b) The Hotel Lion d'Or.
(c) The Bovary home.
(d) Homais' Pharmacy.

5. Who does Emma meet on her way to visit the wet nurse?
(a) Léon.
(b) Monsieur Homais.
(c) Charles.
(d) Charles' father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the center of activity in Yonville?

2. What does Monsieur Lhereux try to sell to Emma?

3. How does Monsieur Rouault compensate Charles for setting his leg?

4. How many guests do Emma and Charles have at their wedding?

5. Why does Charles think he and Emma should move?

(see the answer key)

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