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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Braithwaite's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference in time for the trip to Rouen by train for Geoffrey than it was in Flaubert's time?
(a) The trip takes much longer because of all the stops.
(b) The trip takes about the same amount of time.
(c) Geoffrey wonders about the difference, but doesn't know the answer.
(d) The trip takes about half the time.

2. What happened to the letters?
(a) Ed ripped them up and dropped them into the sea.
(b) Ed sealed them up and left them in an undisclosed location.
(c) Ed burned them.
(d) Ed buried them.

3. Which of the following are not used to describe Flaubert in Braithwaite's Dictionary?
(a) The first modern novelist.
(b) The legend of Rouen.
(c) The bear in his lair.
(d) The father of Realism.

4. What does Flaubert find when he gets to the top of the Great Pyramid?
(a) A stuffed parrot.
(b) A business card.
(c) A letter addressed to him.
(d) A mirror.

5. Flaubert refers to himself as a bear and his sister as what animal?
(a) The alligator.
(b) The rat.
(c) The lion.
(d) The rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?

2. In the newspaper article Flaubert saved, what was the parrot trained to say?

3. What is the parrot's name?

4. Who should the author of a book be like, according to a quote Geoffrey has read?

5. Which of the following did Flaubert not do to Louise?

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