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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't the fireworks go off at the end of the agricultural fair?
(a) Some local boys have stolen them.
(b) The speeches go too long, and there isn't time to set them off.
(c) They were bought from a disreputable seller.
(d) They have gotten wet.

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

3. What happens to Justin while Charles is helping Boulanger?
(a) He confesses his love for Emma.
(b) He decides he no longer wants to be a doctor.
(c) He continually interrupts the doctor.
(d) He faints.

4. As Emma and Léon get to know each other, what do they originally discuss?
(a) Literature.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Horses.
(d) Far away places.

5. Why does Emma move her bedroom into the parlor of the Bovary home?
(a) Because her bedroom is not warm enough as winter approaches.
(b) So she doesn't have to be as close to Charles.
(c) So she can watch Léon walk his dog.
(d) Because she is experiencing postpartum depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles and Emma's relationship grows as they are alone one day discussing what?

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

3. Why is Emma unhappy when she is no longer at the convent?

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

5. What present does Emma give to Léon?

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