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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After Léon leaves to continue his studies, how does Emma cope with the loss?
(a) She leaves Charles.
(b) She begins to buy herself extravagant things.
(c) She begins doing charitable works for the poor.
(d) She spends more time doting on Berthe.

4. What is one of Emma's favorite pastimes?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Writing letters.
(c) Reading romance novels.
(d) Carving figurines.

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

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

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

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

9. Who came to the convent to tell fantastic stories to the girls there?
(a) A spinster who helped with the sewing.
(b) A visiting priest.
(c) Félicité.
(d) Leon Dupuis.

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

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

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

13. Charles and Emma's relationship grows as they are alone one day discussing what?
(a) Banking.
(b) Popular fashions and town gossip.
(c) Childhood memories and times at school.
(d) Farming.

14. Why does Charles think he and Emma should move?
(a) Due to Emma's poor health.
(b) To be closer to Emma's parents.
(c) Due to the political turmoil in the area.
(d) To be closer to his parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Charles' first wife?

2. How do Emma and Rodolphe begin communicating in the early days of their affair?

3. What causes Emma to return to Bertaux from the convent?

4. Who comes to stay with the Bovarys after the birth of their child?

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

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