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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. The narrator describes Félicité as being made out of what material?
(a) Iron.
(b) Metal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Water.

2. Where is Mme. Aubain's house located?
(a) Next to a stable.
(b) Behind the market.
(c) Beside her old house.
(d) In the country.

3. How is the Liebards' place in Troqueville described?
(a) As quaint and charming.
(b) As having an old world feel.
(c) As run down.
(d) As elegant and formal.

4. What is Félicité's defining act of heroism?
(a) She protects Mme. Aubain and the children from a bull attack.
(b) She saves Virginie from drowning.
(c) She protects the family from burglers.
(d) She rescues the children from a band of gypsies.

5. What does Félicité do when the family rests in the field?
(a) Plays with Virginie.
(b) Gathers berries.
(c) Serves the picnic.
(d) Gathers flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virginie wear to bathe?

2. How many properties does Mme. Aubain still own?

3. What state is the furniture in the parlor in?

4. What are some of Félicité's chores?

5. How does Félicité feel after her heroic event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the irony of Félicité's dismissal from her first job.

2. Félicité's service for Mme. Aubain is described with some detail. What kind of an impression does Félicité's service give of Mme. Aubain?

3. 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'"?

4. Does it seem surprising that Félicité's voice is shrill? Why do you think this detail is included in her description?

5. Describe and provide an analysis of Mme. Aubain's reaction when Félicité tells her that she hasn't heard from Victor in six months.

6. How does Mme. Aubain respond to Félicité's reunion with her lost sister?

7. What is your impression of Mme. Simon?

8. Why is it significant that Félicité sleeps in her chair in front of the fire?

9. How is it significant that the parrot is being eaten by maggots, but Félicité neither knows nor cares?

10. To what extent would you say that this story is about Félicité? What do you think Flaubert wanted to say by writing a short story about a person like Félicité?

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