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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Cross Channel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?
(a) Curses.
(b) The name of its owner's lost love.
(c) Quotes from Shakespeare.
(d) The days of the week.

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

3. Who is Humbert?
(a) The translator who travels with Flaubert and Du Camp.
(b) The name of a Nabokov character who seduced young girls.
(c) The lawyer hired by Flaubert in Rouen.
(d) The Russian guide who took Flaubert to the top of the Great Pyramid.

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

5. About a year after their first meeting, Geoffrey agrees to meet with Ed for what reason?
(a) To exchange books.
(b) To plan a trip to the Flaubert museums.
(c) To talk about some information Ed has obtained.
(d) To discuss "Madame Bovary."

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason was Flaubert confined to the family home as a young man?

2. What is the parrot's name?

3. In what setting does Geoffrey think the most famous nineteenth century fictional depiction of a seduction occurs?

4. What is Geoffrey's marital status?

5. According to Geoffrey, what is included in Flaubert's dictionary along with a catalog of cliches and odd definitions?

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