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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. Where did Flaubert always meet Louise Colet?
(a) At Mantes.
(b) In London.
(c) At Rouen.
(d) In Paris.

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

3. How many letters did Ed get from the woman named Kent?
(a) Two.
(b) About 75.
(c) About a dozen.
(d) Hundreds.

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

5. Why didn't Flaubert include many trains in his work?
(a) Flaubert wrote books and stories set in isolated villages.
(b) Flaubert wrote about the Middle Ages.
(c) Flaubert hated trains.
(d) Most of Flaubert's work was set before the popularity of trains in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Geoffrey think people want to think the best about authors?

2. Geoffrey compares biographies to what objects?

3. When one of Flaubert's doctors called him "an hysterical old woman," what was his reaction?

4. While traveling on the train to Rouen, what does Geoffrey notice about the signs?

5. Geoffrey said that Flaubert learned that life is not a choice between murdering your way to throne or what?

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