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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Emma asks Rodolphe for the money?
(a) He tells her she must earn it.
(b) He says he doesn't have it.
(c) He says he will give her half.
(d) He says he needs a few days to get it.

2. What are Charles' specifications for Emma's funeral?
(a) No expense is to be spared.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) She should have 3 coffins.
(d) She should be buried in her wedding dress.

3. Who visits the Bovarys and is shocked by Emma's behavior?
(a) Charles' father.
(b) Charles' mother.
(c) Léon.
(d) Emma's father.

4. What does Charles do when Emma becomes violently ill?
(a) He is disgusted and leaves her.
(b) He sends for Abbé Bournisien so that she can confess.
(c) He calls for other doctors.
(d) He sends for Léon.

5. Where do Emma and Léon meet when they are in the city?
(a) At the home of Léon's employer.
(b) In a gaudily decorated hotel room.
(c) In a stagecoach.
(d) In Léon's apartment.

6. How long does Emma's illness last after she reads Rodolphe's letter?
(a) One year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) A week.
(d) 43 days.

7. What hobby does Emma decide to pursue again?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Painting portraits.

8. After suggesting a method of gaining more money for Emma, what does Monsieur Lhereux try to sell her?
(a) New furniture for her living room.
(b) A new carpet.
(c) New clothes for Berthe.
(d) Fabric for a new mourning gown.

9. When Emma receives Rodolphe's letter breaking it off with her, what is her first thought to do?
(a) Run after him.
(b) Murder him.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Tell Charles about the affair.

10. Once she gets a bit of money what does Emma purchase from Lhereux?
(a) New clothes for Berthe.
(b) Furnishings for Léon's apartment.
(c) Medical equipment for Charles.
(d) New draperies and a carpet.

11. How do Rodolphe and Emma often pass notes to each other?
(a) Packed in a box of fruit.
(b) Hidden in Charles' medicine bag.
(c) They leave them under a bench.
(d) Folded into the pages of a book.

12. Where does Emma say she got the bouquet of flowers that Léon had given her?
(a) Monsieur Homais.
(b) Lagardy.
(c) Justin.
(d) A beggar on the street.

13. How does Emma's behavior begin to reflect her new, more daring lifestyle?
(a) She smokes in public.
(b) She begins wearing different fashions than she did before.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) She speaks openly of political and religious issues.

14. After he helps the boy, how is he rewarded?
(a) He is given a large sum of money.
(b) He is given dresses for Emma and Berthe.
(c) He is given an award by the local medical society.
(d) An article is written about him in the newspaper.

15. How does Charles complicate his trip with Emma?
(a) He gets into an argument with the coachman.
(b) He does not have enough money.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He gets confused while buying tickets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emma tell Justin she needs the arsenic for?

2. What does Emma threaten to do to her beloved piano?

3. How does Homais explain his religious philosophy to Abbé Bournisien?

4. Who runs the house while Emma is ill?

5. How does Emma explain her absence the night she doesn't return home?

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