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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other than Emma's garden, where else do Emma and Rodolphe meet?
(a) In a field behind Boulanger's house.
(b) In a hidden room in Emma's house.
(c) Charles' consulting room.
(d) At the Homais'.

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

3. How does Emma spend her engagement period to Charles?
(a) Having an affair.
(b) Learning how to cook.
(c) Creating her wardrobe.
(d) Mourning for Madame Heloise Bovary.

4. Where do Charles and Emma first live together as husband and wife?
(a) Emma's home at Bertaux.
(b) Paris.
(c) Charles' home at Tostes.
(d) England.

5. What event causes the delay of the "Hirondelle" and also marks the loss of Emma's last remaining confidante?
(a) Emma tells Charles her true feelings about her provincial life.
(b) Emma fires her new maid.
(c) Emma accuses Charles of having an affair.
(d) Emma's greyhound runs away.

6. During the fair, a woman wins a monetary award for what remarkable achievement?
(a) She was the first woman to win an agricultural prize.
(b) She has raised the winning sheep for 5 years in a row.
(c) She has worked at the same farm her entire life.
(d) She has had 11 children.

7. What causes Emma to return to Bertaux from the convent?
(a) Her father died.
(b) She fell in love.
(c) She lost her faith.
(d) Her mother died.

8. What language does Emma decide she should learn to make herself feel better?
(a) Russian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

9. What happens to Berthe when Emma returns from her meeting with Abbé Bournisien?
(a) She becomes feverish and needs medical care.
(b) She falls and cuts her face.
(c) She goes to stay with Emma's father.
(d) She is sent back to stay with the wet nurse.

10. What do we learn has happened to Homais' career?
(a) He wants to change jobs and become a doctor.
(b) He has received many awards.
(c) He was cited for practicing medicine without a license.
(d) He is about to retire.

11. What makes Emma and Rodolphe gather so much attention when they go riding?
(a) They are seen in an embrace.
(b) They ride too fast through the streets of the town.
(c) They are well-dressed and ride well.
(d) They are very clumsy on their horses.

12. The novel begins with a description of this character's experience in school. Who is this character?
(a) Charles Bovary.
(b) Emma Bovary.
(c) Justin.
(d) Leon Dupuis.

13. Where does Emma wish she had spent her honeymoon with Charles?
(a) An exotic location far away.
(b) At an inn in Yonville.
(c) At his parents' home.
(d) At her parents' home.

14. Why is Emma unhappy when she is no longer at the convent?
(a) She wants to become a nun.
(b) She misses her best friend.
(c) She has ended an unsatisfying love affair.
(d) She feels that life is boring and uneventful.

15. Who comes to stay with the Bovarys after the birth of their child?
(a) Emma's mother.
(b) Emma's father.
(c) Charles' father.
(d) Charles' mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career does Charles Bovary eventually settle on to please his mother?

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

3. Why is Abbé Bournisien distracted when Emma comes to see him?

4. How does Charles eventually convince Emma to go riding with Rodolphe?

5. Where do Charles and Emma meet?

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