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

2. Flaubert was born in what year?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1800.

3. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?
(a) The influence of politics on Flaubert's life.
(b) Flaubert's childhood.
(c) Flaubert's works.
(d) The deaths and failures in Flaubert's life.

4. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Lawyer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Geoffrey first meet Ed Winterton?

3. What did the greyhound and Flaubert have in common?

4. What is the parrot's name?

5. What happened to the letters?

(see the answer key)

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