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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Flaubert Bestiary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Loulou?
(a) Juliet's parrot.
(b) Caroline's parrot.
(c) Elisa Schlessinger's parrot.
(d) Felicite's parrot.

2. What was the unusual characteristic of the sheep whose owner Flaubert took to dinner?
(a) It was blind.
(b) It bleated with a melody-like sound.
(c) It had five legs.
(d) It had a human-like face.

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

4. Geoffrey thinks that if Flaubert had not been a bear he might have been what other animal?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A camel.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A whale.

5. What was the name of the greyhound that was Flaubert's final companion?
(a) Julio.
(b) Loulou.
(c) Madame Bovary.
(d) Elisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Geoffrey first meet Ed Winterton?

2. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?

3. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?

4. Flaubert's ideas in the third section of the chronology are expressed through which literary device?

5. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?

(see the answer key)

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