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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Emma Bovary's Eyes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What mistake in "The Lord of the Flies" does the professor from Cambridge talk about?
(a) Ralph dreams of a place he has never been and calls it home.
(b) Piggy's glasses are for shortsightedness and could not have lit the fire.
(c) No one thought of fishing, yet the boys ate fish.
(d) The boys come to the island on an obsolete aircraft.

3. What does Geoffrey do on his last day in Rouen?
(a) He photographs the statues.
(b) He eats at a snack bar called Le Flaubert.
(c) He drives to Croisset.
(d) He outlines his new book.

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

5. What does Geoffrey see at the second Flaubert museum?
(a) Another stuffed green parrot.
(b) Photographs of Flaubert's relatives.
(c) The original manuscript of Madame Bovary.
(d) Love letters written by Flaubert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Caroline?

2. As a student, what subject did Flaubert fail at?

3. How many times are Madame Bovary's eyes actually mentioned in the novel?

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

5. Which condition best describes Flaubert at his death?

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