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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. Who offers advice about where Paul should go to school?
(a) Félicité's brother-in-law.
(b) M. Bourais.
(c) Mme. Liebard.
(d) The priest.

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

3. What is peculiar about Félicité's appearance?
(a) She is a hunchback.
(b) She has a limp.
(c) She doesn't appear to age.
(d) She doesn't have any teeth.

4. On nice days, where do Félicité and the Aubain family go?
(a) To the city gardens.
(b) To the baths.
(c) To picnic at the Rhine.
(d) To the farm at Geffosses.

5. When the family rests in the field, what does Paul do?
(a) He is bored and itches to move on.
(b) He chases animals with his bow.
(c) He plays cards.
(d) He lays out the picnic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Félicité's defining act of heroism?

2. Where is Trouville situated in the landscape?

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

4. Which relative of Mme. Aubain's frequently comes to visit?

5. What is unusual about the children's beds?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Félicité understand the Holy Spirit?

3. What is your impression of Mme. Simon?

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

5. 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'"?

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

7. Why do you think Félicité never talks about how worried she feels for Victor?

8. Why does Félicité offer the parrot for the altar in the Corpus Christi celebration?

9. 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?

10. Describe the scene with the bull and explain why you think it is important.

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