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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Joncour arrive back in Lavillidieu from Japan?
(a) The first Sunday in April.
(b) The first Saturday in June.
(c) The first Sunday in May.
(d) Before the new moon.

2. Other than money, what does Joncour have for his trip to Japan?
(a) The names of 3 men: a Chinaman, Dutchman and Japanese man.
(b) A good map.
(c) Passage already booked ahead of time.
(d) His luggage.

3. With whom does Baldabiou play billiards?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Himself.
(c) Joncour.
(d) Helene.

4. What does Joncour do for the rest of the year when he's not working?
(a) He reads to his wife.
(b) He plays with his children.
(c) He rests.
(d) He writes on his novel.

5. When Baldabiou returned to the mayor with the money made from the factories, what did he call the mayor?
(a) A genius.
(b) An idiot.
(c) A blockhead.
(d) A fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel is Flaubert writing at the time in the novel?

2. Where does Madame Blanche live?

3. What year is it when the novel begins?

4. How does Joncour get across the Japanese harbor?

5. Where did Baldabiou first see Joncour?

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