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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Snap!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Geoffrey hope will result from his discussion with Ed?
(a) Light will be shed on Flaubert's relationship with his niece.
(b) Light will be shed on Flaubert's state of mind when he wrote Madame Bovary.
(c) Light will be shed on how the Flaubert museums can be updated.
(d) Light will be shed on Flaubert's behavior in London.

2. When Gertrude's son-in-law, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was forced to get rid of his belongings during a trip, what book did he toss?
(a) A volume of Shakespeare.
(b) "Salammbo."
(c) "Madame Bovary."
(d) The Bible.

3. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?
(a) Statues.
(b) Columns.
(c) Flags.
(d) Paintings.

4. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?
(a) They were both ill at the same time.
(b) They were both orphans.
(c) They were both demanding.
(d) They both loved wine.

5. What happened to the letters?
(a) Ed burned them.
(b) Ed ripped them up and dropped them into the sea.
(c) Ed sealed them up and left them in an undisclosed location.
(d) Ed buried them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Geoffrey first meet Ed Winterton?

2. What had Ed lied about to the woman named Kent who gave him the letters?

3. What did Flaubert's niece ask for after Flaubert's death?

4. The third list in the chronology consists of what?

5. What does Geoffrey ask Ed about the content of the letters?

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