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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Charles owe money to Monsieur Homais?
(a) To pay him back for helping with Hippolyte.
(b) To pay for the expenses incurred during Emma's illness.
(c) To pay off a loan.
(d) To pay for new clothes for Berthe.

3. What does Charles' mother decide to do after Emma's death?
(a) Take him to Paris.
(b) Move in with him in Yonville.
(c) Take him on a tour of Europe.
(d) Try to find him a new wife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Bovarys arrive at the theater?

2. What does Charles do when Emma becomes violently ill?

3. Eventually, what happens to Hippolyte?

4. What happens when Charles encounters Emma's supposed piano teacher, Mademoiselle Lempereur?

5. Why do they leave the opera early?

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