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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 buy anything from Monsieur Lhereux?
(a) She wants to wait for Charles to help her decide what to purchase.
(b) She is too ill to buy anything.
(c) She doesn't want to spend the money.
(d) He offends her with his coarse manner.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is an early routine that Charles and Emma establish as newlyweds?
(a) They always write letters to each other.
(b) They eat together and take walks together.
(c) They take long horseback rides together.
(d) They read romance novels together.

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

10. 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 worked at the same farm her entire life.
(c) She has raised the winning sheep for 5 years in a row.
(d) She has had 11 children.

11. How does Homais want Charles to help him?
(a) By taking over the pharmacy once he retires.
(b) By overseeing his advice to clients.
(c) By helping him write a speech for a prestigious scientific society.
(d) By helping him study to become a doctor.

12. What city does Emma dream of visiting by tracing maps of it?
(a) Rome.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

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

14. What does Emma tell Binet she is doing to hide her secret?
(a) Visiting the wet nurse.
(b) Borrowing books from Rodolphe.
(c) Looking for her dog that ran off.
(d) Gathering wildflowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the things that Charles does to show his complete adoration of Emma?

3. What seems to set Rodolphe apart from other men at the fair?

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

5. Where do Charles and Emma meet?

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