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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Félicité sleep?
(a) On the sofa.
(b) In her arm chair.
(c) Outside.
(d) In her room.

2. What does Virginie do while the family is on their outing?
(a) Feeds rabbits and gathers cornflowers.
(b) Entertains Paul.
(c) Sunbathes.
(d) Sits quietly with her mother and Félicité.

3. How is Mme. Aubain's bedroom described?
(a) Very small.
(b) Narrow but with high ceilings.
(c) Average size.
(d) Very large.

4. What is unusual about the floors in Mme. Aubain's house?
(a) They are marble.
(b) They are dirt.
(c) They are concrete.
(d) They are at different levels.

5. What kind of a mantle is in the living room?
(a) Louis-Quinze-style.
(b) Victorian style.
(c) Copper.
(d) Rustic wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes Félicité as being made out of what material?

2. What smell pervades the living room?

3. What does Félicité do when the family rests in the field?

4. Who does Félicité find while she is in Trouville?

5. How is Mme. Aubain's husband described?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does it seem important that Félicité asks Fabu's forgiveness before she dies?

2. Describe the impression that the narrator gives you of Mme. Aubain's house.

3. How do Mme. Aubain and Félicité's reactions to Virginie's departure differ from each other?

4. How do Félicité and Mme. Aubain react to Virginie's death?

5. What is the irony of Félicité's long search for Loulou?

6. How does the narrator describe the woman to whom Paul is engaged?

7. What do you think Félicité means when she says of Victor's death that "'It doesn't matter a bit, not to them it doesn't'"?

8. Why do you think the narrator conceals the real cause of Loulou's death?

9. What are some examples of times when Félicité has been abused or disregarded? Describe them and explain how she is being treated poorly.

10. How does Flaubert choose to describe the procession of Corpus Christi and Félicité's death? What affect does this have?

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