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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Abbé Bournisien distracted when Emma comes to see him?
(a) He is distracted by some misbehaving boys.
(b) He has just spoken to Léon.
(c) He is late for dinner.
(d) He is awaiting another confessor.

2. Where is the center of activity in Yonville?
(a) Homais' Pharmacy.
(b) The Hotel Lion d'Or.
(c) The local church.
(d) The Bovary home.

3. What is one of the things that Charles does to show his complete adoration of Emma?
(a) He has a portrait painted of her by her favorite artist.
(b) He writes her a love poem.
(c) He frames her sketches.
(d) He takes her to Rome.

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

5. What is Monsieur Homais' nephew Justin's future career?
(a) He wants to become a doctor.
(b) He wants to become a priest.
(c) He plans on being a pharmacist like his uncle.
(d) He wants to join the military.

6. Where do Charles and Emma meet?
(a) At Les Bertaux, the home of Monsieur Rouault.
(b) In the forest.
(c) At a party in Paris given by Emma's cousins.
(d) On a ship going to England.

7. Where does Boulanger decide his seduction of Emma will begin?
(a) Emma's home.
(b) The agricultural show.
(c) At a dance he is organizing.
(d) During one of the Homais' Sunday parties.

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

9. What is the name of the town clerk who boards with the Homais family and is incredibly bored with the provincial life in Yonville?
(a) The previous doctor.
(b) Abbé Bournisien.
(c) Monsieur Binet.
(d) Léon Dupuis.

10. Who does Emma meet on her way to visit the wet nurse?
(a) Léon.
(b) Monsieur Homais.
(c) Charles' father.
(d) Charles.

11. Where is Emma when she compares her husband to Léon and begins to realize that she is no longer in love with her husband?
(a) Watching a flax mill being built.
(b) At a wedding.
(c) At a horse race.
(d) At her husband's office.

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

13. Why is Charles unhappy during his first few weeks as Yonville's doctor?
(a) He wants to become a pharmacist instead.
(b) He has too many patients and cannot find enough time to treat them all.
(c) He has few patients and is worried about money.
(d) He is unable to treat a suspected outbreak of disease in the town.

14. How many different beds does Emma realize that she has slept in during her short life?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

15. What does Emma tell Binet she is doing to hide her secret?
(a) Looking for her dog that ran off.
(b) Borrowing books from Rodolphe.
(c) Visiting the wet nurse.
(d) Gathering wildflowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Emma decide she should learn to make herself feel better?

2. What gift does Léon bring to Emma?

3. What does Monsieur Lhereux try to sell to Emma?

4. After Léon leaves to continue his studies, how does Emma cope with the loss?

5. What event does Homais disclose is coming to Yonville?

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