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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Flaubert Apocrypha.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who should the author of a book be like, according to a quote Geoffrey has read?
(a) A teacher.
(b) God.
(c) A parent.
(d) A close friend.

2. How does Geoffrey think authors legitimize coincidences?
(a) They call them ironies.
(b) They ignore criticism of the coincidences in their books.
(c) They use them to justify their characters.
(d) They use them to justify the endings of their books.

3. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?
(a) Flaubert's mother.
(b) Elisa Schlesinger.
(c) Julie Herbert.
(d) Caroline.

4. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(b) Syphilis and diabetes.
(c) Diabetes and heart disease.
(d) Epilepsy and syphilis.

5. What should novelists who want to reproduce life's possibilities do?
(a) They should base their ideas on relgious books.
(b) They should write in teams.
(c) They should put a set of sealed envelopes with different endings in the back of their books.
(d) They should only draw their ideas from real events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geoffrey say we need to respect about Flaubert even if we think him naive or unsuccessful?

2. According to Geoffrey, what is included in Flaubert's dictionary along with a catalog of cliches and odd definitions?

3. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?

4. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?

5. What happened after the dragoman lost his Scottish terrier?

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