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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Emma confide in the priest?
(a) Because he does not have a compassionate nature.
(b) Because she decides to confide in Charles instead.
(c) Because she is late for dinner.
(d) Because she decides to go shopping instead.

2. What does Emma do to try to regain interest in her domestic responsibilities as a wife and mother?
(a) Embarks on her household chores with care.
(b) Starts going to church.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Removes Berthe from the care of the wet nurse.

3. Where is the ball held where Emma meets Vicomte?
(a) La Vaubyessard.
(b) At her parents' home at Bertaux.
(c) At Charles' home at Tostes.
(d) At Emma and Charles' home at Les Bertaux.

4. 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's greyhound runs away.
(d) Emma accuses Charles of having an affair.

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

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

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) Abbé Bournisien.
(b) Monsieur Binet.
(c) The previous doctor.
(d) Léon Dupuis.

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

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

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

11. Where does Léon want to go to finish his law studies?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) America.

12. 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 is unable to treat a suspected outbreak of disease in the town.
(d) He has few patients and is worried about money.

13. What gift does Emma receive from one of Charles' patients?
(a) A ring.
(b) A canary.
(c) A dog.
(d) A dress.

14. What does Monsieur Lhereux try to sell to Emma?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Dry goods and linens.
(c) Produce.
(d) Books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Monsieur Rouault to begin walking after he has broken his leg?

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

3. How many different beds does Emma realize that she has slept in during her short life?

4. Who came to the convent to tell fantastic stories to the girls there?

5. What award is being presented as Rodolphe professes his love for Emma?

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