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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Emma next see Monsieur Binet?
(a) At her house, talking to Charles.
(b) At the Homais'.
(c) At Rodolphe's.
(d) At Charles' office.

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

3. What seems to set Rodolphe apart from other men at the fair?
(a) He is very talkative and engages everyone he meets in conversation.
(b) He rides a horse through the fair.
(c) He is dressed very poorly.
(d) He is very elaborately dressed.

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

11. How does Monsieur Rouault compensate Charles for setting his leg?
(a) He gives him a horse.
(b) He gives him 75 francs and a turkey.
(c) He gives him 5 francs.
(d) He gives him a house on his estate.

12. What does Charles want to give to Emma as a present?
(a) A portrait of himself.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A new dog.
(d) An antique ring.

13. What seems to disappoint Emma about her pregnancy and the birth of her child, Berthe?
(a) It provides one more attachment to a middle-class, provincial life.
(b) It is a girl and not a boy.
(c) She cannot afford to buy the layette that she wants.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Emma's favorite pastimes?

2. What happens to Berthe when Emma returns from her meeting with Abbé Bournisien?

3. What do we learn has happened to Homais' career?

4. How has Lhereux ruined the life of a local townsman?

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

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