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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event causes the delay of the "Hirondelle" and also marks the loss of Emma's last remaining confidante?
(a) Emma tells Charles her true feelings about her provincial life.
(b) Emma fires her new maid.
(c) Emma's greyhound runs away.
(d) Emma accuses Charles of having an affair.

2. How long does it take Monsieur Rouault to begin walking after he has broken his leg?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 46 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 years.

3. What happens on Emma's wedding night that causes some people to think that she and her father are acting above their class?
(a) She leaves early without saying goodbye.
(b) She forgets to say "thank you" to her guests.
(c) She refuses to allow wedding pranks to be played on her.
(d) She serves wine only to the wealthy guests.

4. Who does Emma meet on her way to visit the wet nurse?
(a) Charles' father.
(b) Léon.
(c) Monsieur Homais.
(d) Charles.

5. What is one of Emma's favorite pastimes?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Reading romance novels.
(d) Carving figurines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't the fireworks go off at the end of the agricultural fair?

2. Why is Abbé Bournisien distracted when Emma comes to see him?

3. Why doesn't Emma confide in the priest?

4. What is the name of the town clerk who boards with the Homais family and is incredibly bored with the provincial life in Yonville?

5. Why did Charles' father, Charles Denis Bartholomé Bovary, get removed from his post as an Army surgeon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rodolphe react to Emma's reappearance in his life in Part 3: Chapter 8?

2. In Part 2: Chapter 2 Emma reflects on each of the 4 different beds she has slept on in her life. How does each of these beds represent an important stage in her development as a character?

3. Charles continually sacrifices to make his wife happy. Do you think this shows true selflessness or foolishness?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 2, Emma meets Léon. What is it about him that Emma finds attractive?

5. What subjects do Léon and Emma discuss in Part 2: Chapter 4 that reveal aspects of their personalities?

6. Emma seeks comfort in the church in Part 2: Chapter 6. How does her interaction with Abbé Bournisien reflect on her personal interaction with religion?

7. What specifically does Charles do to help Emma recover that shows his true devotion to his wife in Part 2: Chapter 13?

8. Why do you think Emma begins charity work and rediscovers religious faith in Part 2: Chapter 14?

9. How are Léon and Emma like honeymooners in Part 3: Chapter 3?

10. By Part 2: Chapter 7, do you think Emma has become a sympathetic character? Why or why not?

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