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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emma call out for in her final moments?
(a) Léon.
(b) Vicomte.
(c) The blind man.
(d) Rodolphe.

2. What does Rodolphe do upon seeing Emma again?
(a) He sends for Charles.
(b) He confesses his love for her.
(c) He mocks her.
(d) He throws her out.

3. What happens after Léon and Emma run into Monsieur Lhereux?
(a) Lhereux asks Emma for more money.
(b) Emma confesses her affair to Charles.
(c) Emma and Léon run off to Paris.
(d) Léon breaks off the relationship.

4. Why does Homais think Charles should help the stable boy, Hippolyte?
(a) He has a nervous stomach.
(b) He has had an accident and broken his leg.
(c) He has a weak heart.
(d) He has a deformed foot.

5. How does Homais explain his religious philosophy to Abbé Bournisien?
(a) He admires Christianity.
(b) He is an Atheist.
(c) He believes in Protestantism.
(d) He is a devout Catholic.

6. What is the title of the book that Justin is caught with?
(a) Ivanhoe.
(b) Political Revolutions.
(c) Medicines and Poisons.
(d) Conjugal Love.

7. How does Homais think Charles should help the boy?
(a) By bloodletting.
(b) By calling in an outside expert.
(c) By trying a controversial new surgical technique.
(d) By giving the boy newly developed medicines.

8. Who is absent from Emma's funeral?
(a) Léon.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Rodolphe.
(d) Monsieur Binet.

9. Who runs the house while Emma is ill?
(a) Monsieur Homais.
(b) Félicité.
(c) Charles.
(d) Charles' mother.

10. Who does Homais get into a religious debate with?
(a) Charles.
(b) Monsieur Lhereux.
(c) Emma.
(d) Abbé Bournisien.

11. What causes Emma to relapse during a walk with Charles when she is recuperating?
(a) She sees Rodolphe horseback riding with another woman.
(b) She finds an old love letter from Rodolphe.
(c) She passes a bench where she sat with Rodolphe.
(d) She hears Rodolphe's voice.

12. What is Emma's emotion when she leaves Lhereux after finding out about the impending auction of her possessions?
(a) Vengeance.
(b) Hope.
(c) Despair.
(d) Ambivolence.

13. What does Emma finally convince Charles to let her do?
(a) Take piano lessons in Rouen.
(b) Move to a larger home.
(c) Travel to Paris.
(d) Visit Rodolphe.

14. What happens when the Bovarys arrive at the theater?
(a) They run into Lhereux.
(b) They get robbed.
(c) They are late.
(d) They are too early.

15. Who do Charles and Emma run into at the opera?
(a) Léon.
(b) Abbé Bournisien.
(c) Monsieur Lhereux.
(d) Monsieur Homais.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides his wife's illness, what other factor in Charles' life is causing him stress?

2. To whom does the boatman allude having been on the boat recently?

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

4. Why does Charles owe money to Monsieur Homais?

5. Why is Emma scrambling for money?

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