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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Geoffrey's attitude when making his final explanation about why he hates critics?
(a) He is determined to be understanding.
(b) He forgives those critics who have misjudged his work.
(c) He says he would abolish critics if he had the power to do so.
(d) He is filled with rage.

2. From what diseases did Flaubert suffer?
(a) Syphilis and diabetes.
(b) Diabetes and epilepsy.
(c) Diabetes and heart disease.
(d) Epilepsy and syphilis.

3. What does Geoffrey say we need to respect about Flaubert even if we think him naive or unsuccessful?
(a) His philanthropy.
(b) His body of work.
(c) His seriousness.
(d) His legacy.

4. In what way is Felicite completely different from Flaubert?
(a) She writes in a diary.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) She is inarticulate.
(d) She takes lovers.

5. How did Flaubert first come to know Juliet Herbert?
(a) She was governess to Flaubert's niece.
(b) She was his sister-in-law.
(c) He met her at church.
(d) She was his mother's maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the inscription explain the presence of the stuffed green parrot?

2. What word does Geoffrey say that people are no longer allowed to use for describing lunacy?

3. What are Geoffrey's thoughts about when he likes to cross the channel?

4. Who does Flaubert feel he will be tied to until one of them dies?

5. What should novelists who want to reproduce life's possibilities do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Flaubert compares himself to many things. Name some of them.

2. Why is Geoffrey so anxious to meet with Ed a second time?

3. What places does Geoffrey go to learn more about Gustave Flaubert?

4. Why did Ed say he burned the correspondence between Juliet and Flaubert?

5. How did Ed happen to get the letters between Julie and Flaubert?

6. What is the mystery of the two parrots?

7. Why does Geoffrey say he hates critics?

8. What does Geoffrey say about coincidences?

9. What does Geoffrey think about omniscient authors of novels?

10. What does Geoffrey mean by this statement which he writes after the stories about the Scottish terrier, "What happened to the truth is not recorded"?

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