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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Boulanger's attention in such high demand at the fair?
(a) He has financed the entire fair.
(b) He has invented a groundbreaking new agricultural tool.
(c) He has raised a prize-winning sow.
(d) He is one of Yonville's foremost contributors to agriculture.

2. Why is another doctor called in to consult on the case?
(a) Because he is the boy's uncle.
(b) Because Homais wants another opinion.
(c) Because Hippolyte has gangrene.
(d) Because he has made a deal with Charles to split the proceeds.

3. What bad news does Homais break to Emma?
(a) Berthe is ill.
(b) She owes him a large sum of money.
(c) Charles has left her.
(d) Her father-in-law has died.

4. Who runs the house while Emma is ill?
(a) Charles.
(b) Monsieur Homais.
(c) Charles' mother.
(d) Félicité.

5. 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 laundering money to pay gambling debts.
(c) He had an affair with his superior's wife.
(d) He was involved in a scandal involving prescriptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emma throw out of the cab at the end of the day?

2. Who does Charles have come to visit Emma to help her out of her depression?

3. What makes Emma and Rodolphe gather so much attention when they go riding?

4. Who do Charles and Emma run into at the opera?

5. Why is Emma preparing for a trip?

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