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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is sent back to stay with the wet nurse.
(d) She goes to stay with Emma's father.

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

3. How many guests do Emma and Charles have at their wedding?
(a) 250.
(b) 10.
(c) Only the priest and Emma's father.
(d) 43.

4. How long does it take Monsieur Rouault to begin walking after he has broken his leg?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 46 days.
(d) 4 days.

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

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

7. 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) Monsieur Binet.
(c) Abbé Bournisien.
(d) Léon Dupuis.

8. After she throws herself into domestic life, how does Emma's appearance change?
(a) She grows very thin.
(b) She drastically cuts her hair.
(c) She gains a lot of weight from eating too much.
(d) She becomes pregnant again.

9. How do Emma and Rodolphe begin communicating in the early days of their affair?
(a) By paintings they draw for each other.
(b) By code unknowingly transmitted by Justin.
(c) By talking through her open bedroom window.
(d) By exchanging letters.

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

11. Why don't the fireworks go off at the end of the agricultural fair?
(a) They were bought from a disreputable seller.
(b) The speeches go too long, and there isn't time to set them off.
(c) They have gotten wet.
(d) Some local boys have stolen them.

12. Why does Rodolphe suggest that Emma should begin horseback riding with him?
(a) To give her a chance to meet other townspeople.
(b) To practice for an upcoming race.
(c) To improve her health.
(d) To test a new horse he is interested in purchasing.

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

14. How does Charles eventually convince Emma to go riding with Rodolphe?
(a) She can take a trip to Paris afterwards.
(b) She can buy a new riding habit.
(c) She can buy new living room furniture.
(d) She can add a new horse to their stable.

15. How old was Emma when she was sent to the convent to study?
(a) 18.
(b) 2.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Yonville is Homais waiting for the Bovarys to arrive?

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

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

4. Where does Léon want to go to finish his law studies?

5. What present does Emma give to Léon?

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