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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, And the Parrot....

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Geoffrey's thoughts about when he likes to cross the channel?
(a) In the summer.
(b) During the off-season.
(c) In the winter.
(d) When it is foggy.

2. What monumental decision did Geoffrey make about Ellen?
(a) He decided to divorce her.
(b) He decided to cut her life support.
(c) He decided to take the children away from her.
(d) He decided he would force her to tell him the truth.

3. 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) Geoffrey wonders about the difference, but doesn't know the answer.
(c) The trip takes about half the time.
(d) The trip takes about the same amount of time.

4. What does Andrieu say about the fact that Flaubert wrote from his imagination?
(a) Flaubert could have chosen to depict the colors of the parrot to suit himself
(b) Flaubert had no need to put his relatives in his books.
(c) Flaubert often made up imaginary French towns.
(d) Flaubert may have never even seen a parrot.

5. Which of the following animals does Flaubert not include in his letter to Bouilet?
(a) A lion.
(b) An ostrich.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A monkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was known as Flaubert's second mother?

2. In the geographical part of Geoffrey's examination, what comment does he make about the region in which Flaubert lived?

3. Geoffrey says that you cannot change humanity, you can only what?

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

5. What did Ellen want to know about Geoffrey?

(see the answer key)

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