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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the title of the book that Justin is caught with?
2. What does Emma throw out of the cab at the end of the day?
3. What happens when Emma asks Rodolphe for the money?
4. What do Léon and Emma do during their time together?
5. What does Emma tell Justin she needs the arsenic for?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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
Essay Topic 2
Flaubert uses one terse line at the end of Part 1: Chapter 9 to inform the reader of Emma's pregnancy. Throughout the rest of the novel, the motherhood aspect of Emma's femininity is down-played or erratic at best. Deconstruct Emma's role as a mother. What do you think her relationship was like with her own mother? What kind of mother is she to Berthe?
Essay Topic 3
The novel presents many tragic deaths, and the characters deal with them in often what seem like unsympathetic ways. What does this tell you about Flaubert's view of middle-class society. Describe the following deaths and how the surviving friends and family members react to them:
• The death of Charles' first wife.
• The death of Charles' father.
• Emma's death.
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