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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 9 | Part 2: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career does Charles Bovary eventually settle on to please his mother?
(a) Shopkeeper.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Farmer.

2. What happens to Charles' first wife?
(a) She is killed by a horse.
(b) She runs off to Paris to become an actress.
(c) She leaves him for a local priest.
(d) She dies after becoming financially ruined.

3. What is an early routine that Charles and Emma establish as newlyweds?
(a) They read romance novels together.
(b) They always write letters to each other.
(c) They take long horseback rides together.
(d) They eat together and take walks together.

4. How many guests do Emma and Charles have at their wedding?
(a) 43.
(b) 250.
(c) 10.
(d) Only the priest and Emma's father.

5. Why did Charles' father, Charles Denis Bartholomé Bovary, get removed from his post as an Army surgeon?
(a) He had an affair with his superior's wife.
(b) He was laundering money to pay gambling debts.
(c) He was involved in a scandal involving prescriptions.
(d) He was chronically absent from work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the ball held where Emma meets Vicomte?

3. What is one of Emma's favorite pastimes?

4. The novel begins with a description of this character's experience in school. Who is this character?

5. Where do Charles and Emma meet?

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