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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Pure Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Personification.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. What did Flaubert think about train travel?
(a) It delighted him.
(b) It bored him.
(c) He thought it was too expensive.
(d) He thought it was a modern marvel.

3. Why does Louise say Flaubert feared her?
(a) Because she could ruin his reputation.
(b) Because she might blackmail him.
(c) Because she understood him.
(d) Because she had hidden his love notes.

4. Why did Flaubert give up his interest in the story of Mycerinus and his sarcophagus?
(a) The mummy was stolen from the museum.
(b) Flaubert found the story too troubling.
(c) The mummified body he was interested may not have been Mycerinus.
(d) Flaubert had too many other projects going at the time.

5. Who did Cervantes refer to as the source of his famous hero?
(a) Madame Bovary.
(b) Felicite.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Candide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Flaubert imagine could happen if he married Louise?

2. What objects does Geoffrey Braithwaite, the narrator of "Flaubert's Parrot," describe in the beginning of the book?

3. Which of the following did Flaubert not do to Louise?

4. What mistake did Enid Starkie make when she published her biography of Flaubert?

5. What did Ellen want to know about Geoffrey?

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