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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 does Monsieur Lhereux try to sell to Emma?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Books.
(c) Produce.
(d) Dry goods and linens.

2. What do the Bovarys discover about their new home?
(a) It is infested with mice.
(b) It is well-designed but in disarray.
(c) It still has boarders living in it.
(d) It is a mere cottage and not up to Emma's standards.

3. During the fair, a woman wins a monetary award for what remarkable achievement?
(a) She has had 11 children.
(b) She has worked at the same farm her entire life.
(c) She was the first woman to win an agricultural prize.
(d) She has raised the winning sheep for 5 years in a row.

4. How has Lhereux ruined the life of a local townsman?
(a) He has bankrupted him through exorbitant loans.
(b) He got him censured for unethical business practices.
(c) He stole his wife.
(d) He competed with the man's business.

5. Where do Charles and Emma first live together as husband and wife?
(a) Paris.
(b) England.
(c) Charles' home at Tostes.
(d) Emma's home at Bertaux.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon the arrival of the Bovarys in Yonville, what does Homais do?

3. What is one of Emma's favorite pastimes?

4. Other than Emma's garden, where else do Emma and Rodolphe meet?

5. What gift does Léon bring to Emma?

Short Essay Questions

1. What elements from "Lucie de Lammermoor" reflect themes or events in Emma's own life in Part 2: Chapter 15?

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

3. How does Emma's funeral in Part 3: Chapter 9 compare with Emma's day-to-day life?

4. 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?

5. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Emma describes her emotions surrounding her relationship with Rodolphe as a "second puberty". What behaviors does she exhibit that resemble those of an adolescent?

6. How does Charles' action in Part 2: Chapter 11 irrevocably change the nature of his relationship with Emma?

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

8. What clues does the boatman give in Part 3: Chapter 3 that suggest he has recently had Rodolphe as a customer?

9. Explain what happens to Homais in Part 3: Chapter 11. Do you think he deserves this?

10. What are some of the clichés that the dignitaries use who speak at the agricultural show in Part 2: Chapter 8?

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