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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Emma's death did her father learn of it?
(a) 3 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 24 hours.

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

3. Where does Emma sit that makes her think back on the important events of her life?
(a) In front of her old convent.
(b) In front of the opera house.
(c) By the river.
(d) In the cathedral.

4. How does Emma explain her absence the night she doesn't return home?
(a) She says she missed her coach.
(b) She says she fell asleep.
(c) She says she had taken ill.
(d) She says she was playing in a recital.

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

6. Why is Emma preparing for a trip?
(a) She is going to visit her father.
(b) She is bringing Berthe to stay with relatives.
(c) She has decided to run off with Rodolphe.
(d) She is going to Paris to meet Léon.

7. Where do Emma and Léon decide to meet each other?
(a) At the cathedral.
(b) On a boat.
(c) At Léon's office.
(d) At Léon's apartment.

8. How does Flaubert describe Emma's three days with Léon in Rouen?
(a) Tedious.
(b) Like a romance from Sir Walter Scott.
(c) Like a true honeymoon.
(d) A nightmare.

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

10. What does Charles request as a memory of Emma?
(a) Her wedding ring.
(b) A portrait of her in her death shroud.
(c) A last kiss.
(d) A lock of her hair.

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 does Charles do during Emma's funeral?
(a) He tries to throw himself into her grave.
(b) He accuses Lhereux of causing her death.
(c) He rails against her character.
(d) He is aloof and without emotion.

13. What is physically wrong with the beggar that Emma encounters on her way home to Yonville?
(a) He has a hunchback.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is covered with pestilent sores.
(d) He is missing his arms and legs.

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

15. Why is Emma scrambling for money?
(a) She gave all of her spending money to charity.
(b) She bought Berthe too many expensive toys.
(c) She has to pay off Lhereux.
(d) She paid Rodolphe to keep their affair a secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emma call out for in her final moments?

2. How does Emma's behavior begin to reflect her new, more daring lifestyle?

3. Why does Emma want to convince Charles to take the case?

4. What does Léon find on their boat ride that makes the boatman tell them about his previous customers?

5. Why is another doctor called in to consult on the case?

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