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

2. Why does Charles think he and Emma should move?
(a) Due to Emma's poor health.
(b) Due to the political turmoil in the area.
(c) To be closer to his parents.
(d) To be closer to Emma's parents.

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

4. What happens to the money that Charles receives from one of his clients?
(a) He loses it in a card game at Homais'.
(b) Emma steals it.
(c) He gives it to Emma to help pay her expenses.
(d) He uses it as a gift for Hippolyte.

5. How does Charles complicate his trip with Emma?
(a) He does not have enough money.
(b) He gets confused while buying tickets.
(c) He gets into an argument with the coachman.
(d) He gets lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emma spend her engagement period to Charles?

2. Eventually, what happens to Hippolyte?

3. What kind of student was Léon while he was in school in Paris?

4. Who does Emma meet on her way to visit the wet nurse?

5. What is Monsieur Homais' nephew Justin's future career?

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