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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. Where is Emma when she compares her husband to Léon and begins to realize that she is no longer in love with her husband?
(a) At a wedding.
(b) At her husband's office.
(c) Watching a flax mill being built.
(d) At a horse race.

2. How does Homais want Charles to help him?
(a) By helping him write a speech for a prestigious scientific society.
(b) By helping him study to become a doctor.
(c) By taking over the pharmacy once he retires.
(d) By overseeing his advice to clients.

3. Why is Charles unhappy during his first few weeks as Yonville's doctor?
(a) He has too many patients and cannot find enough time to treat them all.
(b) He has few patients and is worried about money.
(c) He is unable to treat a suspected outbreak of disease in the town.
(d) He wants to become a pharmacist instead.

4. What does Monsieur Lhereux try to sell to Emma?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Books.
(c) Produce.
(d) Dry goods and linens.

5. Charles and Emma's relationship grows as they are alone one day discussing what?
(a) Banking.
(b) Childhood memories and times at school.
(c) Popular fashions and town gossip.
(d) Farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emma do to try to regain interest in her domestic responsibilities as a wife and mother?

2. What does Charles find when he helps riders repair their cart?

3. Why does Emma fire her maid upon returning from the ball?

4. Where do Charles and Emma first live together as husband and wife?

5. What do we learn has happened to Homais' career?

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