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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emma end up confiding in about her convoluted emotions?
(a) Justin.
(b) Her maid.
(c) Léon.
(d) Charles.

2. What event causes the delay of the "Hirondelle" and also marks the loss of Emma's last remaining confidante?
(a) Emma tells Charles her true feelings about her provincial life.
(b) Emma fires her new maid.
(c) Emma accuses Charles of having an affair.
(d) Emma's greyhound runs away.

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

4. What is Monsieur Homais' nephew Justin's future career?
(a) He wants to join the military.
(b) He wants to become a priest.
(c) He wants to become a doctor.
(d) He plans on being a pharmacist like his uncle.

5. 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) Watching a flax mill being built.
(b) At her husband's office.
(c) At a wedding.
(d) At a horse race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Berthe when Emma returns from her meeting with Abbé Bournisien?

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

3. What is the main topic of conversation at Emma's first dinner in Yonville?

4. What is an early routine that Charles and Emma establish as newlyweds?

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

(see the answer key)

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