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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Finders Keepers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?
(a) She is lonely.
(b) She is inarticulate.
(c) She writes in a diary.
(d) She takes lovers.

2. What is the parrot's name?
(a) Loulou.
(b) Gustave.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Polly.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Geoffrey learn about Ed when he meets him at the restaurant?

3. What was Geoffrey's reaction to Ed's disposal of the letters?

4. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?

5. Flaubert was born in what year?

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