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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. What do the Bovarys discover about their new home?
(a) It still has boarders living in it.
(b) It is well-designed but in disarray.
(c) It is infested with mice.
(d) It is a mere cottage and not up to Emma's standards.

2. Where does Emma wish she had spent her honeymoon with Charles?
(a) At his parents' home.
(b) At an inn in Yonville.
(c) At her parents' home.
(d) An exotic location far away.

3. What is the primary activity of the weekly Sunday parties at the Homais home?
(a) Book discussions.
(b) Card-playing.
(c) Excessive drinking of wine.
(d) A salon of political conversation.

4. What gift does Léon bring to Emma?
(a) A puppy.
(b) Some exotic plants.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A journal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Homais want Charles to help him?

3. Why did Charles' father, Charles Denis Bartholomé Bovary, get removed from his post as an Army surgeon?

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

5. What happens on Emma's wedding night that causes some people to think that she and her father are acting above their class?

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