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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hara Kei always call Joncour?
(a) My foreign friend.
(b) My friend in crime.
(c) My French friend.
(d) My mistress' love.

2. With whom does Joncour negotiate the sale of silk eggs the first time?
(a) The mistress of Hara Kei.
(b) A man he meets in the harbor of Japan.
(c) A man masked by black silk.
(d) A Japanese official.

3. Where does Madame Blanche live?
(a) Nimes.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Japan.

4. To whom did Baldabiou dedicate the building next to the silk factory?
(a) Saint Agnes.
(b) The Holy Mother Mary.
(c) Saint Cecilia.
(d) Helene.

5. What kind of living does Joncour make with the silk trade?
(a) He is poor by city standards.
(b) He does not make very much money.
(c) A good living.
(d) He is the wealthiest man in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joncour do first when he arrives back at his home?

2. What does the couple agree should be the name of their child, if they have a boy?

3. How long was Japan cut off from the rest of the world?

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

5. What does Joncour do for the rest of the year when he's not working?

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