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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Emma spend her engagement period to Charles?
2. What language does Emma decide she should learn to make herself feel better?
3. What does Emma tell Binet she is doing to hide her secret?
4. Where does Léon want to go to finish his law studies?
5. Why is Abbé Bournisien distracted when Emma comes to see him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the other people attending the opera described in Part 2: Chapter 15?
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. In Chapter 1, what clues are given that Charles Bovary is a member of the middle class and is considered an "ordinary" person?
4. By Part 2: Chapter 7, do you think Emma has become a sympathetic character? Why or why not?
5. Why do you think Emma begins charity work and rediscovers religious faith in Part 2: Chapter 14?
6. How has Emma's reputation been ruined by Part 3: Chapter 6?
7. Why does Emma allow herself to be so easily persuaded by Lhereux in Part 3: Chapter 2?
8. In Part 2: Chapter 2, Emma meets Léon. What is it about him that Emma finds attractive?
9. What specifically does Charles do to help Emma recover that shows his true devotion to his wife in Part 2: Chapter 13?
10. What clues can you find in Part 2: Chapter 6 to Flaubert's assessment of the Church?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Homais can be considered both a hero and an anti-hero. Explain why giving examples for each view. How do you personally view Homais?
Essay Topic 2
Charles, Rodolphe, and Léon embody three very different types of man, all of whom play into Emma's needs in some way. Describe each of Emma's partners and what she initially finds attractive about them. What is it about each of them that she finds irritating or banal? Can you see any similarities in the three?
Essay Topic 3
In many ways, Madame Bovary is a critique of the middle-class life, and the constraints, expectations, and disappointments that are a part of it. Compare the world of the Bovarys to a typical American middle class existence. Specifically, address the following issues faced by the typical middle class family today and relate them to themes that Flaubert threads throughout his novel:
- Debt and financial crises
- The increase in depression and the need for therapy
- A search for community through online or virtual meeting places rather than in face-to-face scenarios
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