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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 does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?
(a) Louise Colet.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) Elisa Schlesinger.

2. With whom did Flaubert have his most celebrated affair?
(a) Louise Colet.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger.
(c) His mother's maid.
(d) Mimi.

3. Flaubert refers to himself as a bear and his sister as what animal?
(a) The lion.
(b) The rabbit.
(c) The rat.
(d) The alligator.

4. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?
(a) He would stop loving her.
(b) She would stop loving him.
(c) She would have a child and die.
(d) He would stop devoting time to his writing.

5. What did Flaubert never do?
(a) Travel abroad.
(b) Have an affair.
(c) Finish a book.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does Flaubert not include in his letter to Bouilet?

2. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?

3. What does Flaubert find when he gets to the top of the Great Pyramid?

4. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?

5. What was the name of the greyhound that was Flaubert's final companion?

(see the answer key)

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