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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides his wife's illness, what other factor in Charles' life is causing him stress?
(a) He is in poor health himself.
(b) He is getting his medical license suspended.
(c) He is having an affair.
(d) He is having financial troubles.

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

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

4. What does Léon find on their boat ride that makes the boatman tell them about his previous customers?
(a) A silk ribbon.
(b) A gold ring.
(c) A champagne glass.
(d) A love poem.

5. How does his affair with Emma affect Léon's job?
(a) He neglects his work.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) He begins putting on airs.
(d) He avoids the company of his colleagues.

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

7. What does Emma want Charles to buy for Hippolyte?
(a) A new horse.
(b) Two wooden legs.
(c) A grave marker.
(d) A cottage.

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

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

10. Why does Emma want to convince Charles to take the case?
(a) She wants Charles out of the way so she can spend more time with Rodolphe.
(b) She wants him to become a success.
(c) She feels bad for the boy and wants him to get better.
(d) She needs the money to pay back a loan from Lhereux.

11. What annoys Emma about Charles during the performance?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He sings along.
(c) He keeps talking to her.
(d) He leaves without her.

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

13. What happens to the money that Charles receives from one of his clients?
(a) Emma steals it.
(b) He gives it to Emma to help pay her expenses.
(c) He uses it as a gift for Hippolyte.
(d) He loses it in a card game at Homais'.

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

15. What kind of student was Léon while he was in school in Paris?
(a) A braggart and know-it-all.
(b) Conscientious and reliable.
(c) Known as being irresponsible.
(d) Often late for class.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Rodolphe and Emma often pass notes to each other?

2. What does Léon's employer suggest he do about Emma?

3. What is the name of the tenor featured in the opera the Bovarys see?

4. Why do they leave the opera early?

5. What does Rodolphe do upon seeing Emma again?

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