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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does his affair with Emma affect Léon's job?
2. How does Emma's behavior begin to reflect her new, more daring lifestyle?
3. How does Emma explain her absence the night she doesn't return home?
4. After he helps the boy, how is he rewarded?
5. What does Charles do during Emma's funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The acquisition of material possessions is almost as important to Emma as acquiring affection and romance. In this way, Lhereux can be seen as another of Emma's lovers, since through his knowledge of her debts he is actually involved in a very intimate relationship with her. She spends a lot of time with him, and he must understand her in a way that is much more objective than others do, in order to get what he wants from her. Describe in what ways Lhereux is like another lover to Emma? How does he see Emma differently from the way Charles does or Rodolphe and Léon do? What does he know about her that no one else does? Does the fact that his relationship with her is "strictly business" make their relationship any more or less moral? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Pathos is an emotional response to a text. Hippolyte and the blind beggar both embody tragic characteristics and are characters that should inspire much pathos in the reader, however in the way they are presented, they often do not. Do you see these two characters as sympathetic? Why or why not? Specifically note how they are described in the text. What do you think is Flaubert's purpose in describing them this way?
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