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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "History (with Astrology)" section of the examination, what does Flaubert say we are dancing on?
(a) The edge of a volcano.
(b) The seat of a latrine.
(c) The floor of a tavern.
(d) The grass in a meadow.

2. Who was the first French writer to appear on a stamp?
(a) Rosnard.
(b) Balzac.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Flaubert.

3. What does Geoffrey say mourning is full of?
(a) Memories.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Time.
(d) Visitors.

4. In the psychology section of the examination, what two women are compared?
(a) Madame Bovary and Louise Colet.
(b) Elisa Schlessinger and Louise Colet.
(c) Juliet Herbert and Eleanor Marx.
(d) Madame Bovary and Eleanor Marx.

5. What defense does Geoffrey suggest against those who said Flaubert didn't involve himself in life?
(a) He says that Flaubert had many affairs.
(b) He says that Flaubert lived the life that would best help him write his books.
(c) He says that Flaubert became very involved in politics.
(d) He says that Flaubert cared for his children well.

6. What does Geoffrey call the devil's mark of the snorkel of sanity?
(a) Irony.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Parody.
(d) Satire.

7. Why did Flaubert say that he wrote "Madame Bovary"?
(a) Because he knew it would make his fortune.
(b) Because the idea came to him in a dream.
(c) Because he hated realism.
(d) Because it was the true story of his mother's life.

8. How does Geoffrey defend the charge that Flaubert hated humanity?
(a) He says that Flaubert's books prove otherwise.
(b) He tells how Flaubert saved the lives of some Boy Scouts.
(c) He details Flaubert's philanthropy.
(d) He says that Flaubert loved some people.

9. What did people want to tell Geoffrey about?
(a) Their writing projects.
(b) His children's behavior.
(c) Ellen's affairs.
(d) Ellen's illness.

10. To whom were all of Flaubert's letters to Louise Colet sent through?
(a) Felicite.
(b) Louise Colet's brother.
(c) Maxime du Camp.
(d) Flaubert's sister.

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

12. How many children did Geoffrey and Ellen have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

13. When one of Flaubert's doctors called him "an hysterical old woman," what was his reaction?
(a) He sued the doctor.
(b) He judged the observation profound.
(c) He used the comment as a premise for a short story.
(d) He never went to see a doctor again.

14. What is it that Geoffrey says about a line of writing which is good?
(a) He says it is immediately recognized as being good.
(b) He says it has to have been labored over.
(c) He says it comes straight from the heart.
(d) He says it ceases to belong to any school.

15. To what philosopher does Geoffrey compare Flaubert?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Kant.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Voltaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Louise do after Flaubert broke off their affair?

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

3. Where did Louise and Flaubert meet?

4. Who always met Flaubert when he returned to Rouen from Mantes?

5. Which of the following, in Flaubert's "Over Strand and Field," does he say he doesn't laugh at?

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