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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. If Geoffrey had his way, which of the following subjects would he not ban novel writers from using?
(a) Novels about people reverting back to nature.
(b) Novels about love affairs.
(c) Novels set in Oxford or Cambridge.
(d) Novels about small forgotten wars.

2. The dates in the second list of the chronology include those associated with what?
(a) Flaubert's works.
(b) The influence of politics on Flaubert's life.
(c) The deaths and failures in Flaubert's life.
(d) Flaubert's childhood.

3. Although he had once thought of writing a book, what is Geoffrey's actual occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Architect.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Doctor.

4. At the Hotel-Dieu, the museum is partly about Flaubert and partly about what?
(a) World literature.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) Medical history.
(d) Natural history.

5. What happened to the man who owned the parrot in the newspaper article?
(a) He bought an aviary.
(b) He died trying to save the parrot.
(c) He wrote several stories about the parrot.
(d) He believed he had turned into a parrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Geoffrey's attitude when making his final explanation about why he hates critics?

2. What does Flaubert find when he gets to the top of the Great Pyramid?

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

4. Who was the owner of the dog that Flaubert took for walks and kissed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Geoffrey be so interested in the mystery of the parrots?

2. Why does Geoffrey say he hates critics?

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

4. What does Geoffrey find on the subject of Madame Bovary's eyes when he rereads the book?

5. What examples of literary mistakes does the professor from Cambridge talk about?

6. What is the mystery of the two parrots?

7. Explain why Flaubert refers to himself as a bear, and particularly as a white one.

8. Describe Ed Winterton.

9. What are several different parrots mentioned in the bestiary?

10. What is the plot of "Un coeur simple"?

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