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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Monsieur Rodolphe Boulanger call on Charles?
(a) For a bloodletting.
(b) He has broken his leg.
(c) He is interested in becoming a doctor.
(d) For nutritional advice.

2. When does Emma begin sneaking off to see Rodolphe?
(a) After dinner with Charles.
(b) After Charles has fallen asleep for the evening.
(c) In the early morning.
(d) After Berthe takes her nap.

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

4. What is Monsieur Binet doing when Emma runs into him on the way to visit Rodolphe?
(a) Collecting unpaid taxes from Rodolphe's neighbor.
(b) Farming.
(c) Spying on Emma.
(d) Duck hunting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual to people about the cab that Léon and Emma ride in?

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

3. What does Charles want to give to Emma as a present?

4. How has Lhereux ruined the life of a local townsman?

5. How many guests do Emma and Charles have at their wedding?

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