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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Berthe when Emma returns from her meeting with Abbé Bournisien?
(a) She falls and cuts her face.
(b) She goes to stay with Emma's father.
(c) She is sent back to stay with the wet nurse.
(d) She becomes feverish and needs medical care.

2. Why is Charles unhappy during his first few weeks as Yonville's doctor?
(a) He has few patients and is worried about money.
(b) He is unable to treat a suspected outbreak of disease in the town.
(c) He has too many patients and cannot find enough time to treat them all.
(d) He wants to become a pharmacist instead.

3. As Emma and Léon get to know each other, what do they originally discuss?
(a) Far away places.
(b) Horses.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Literature.

4. What career does Charles Bovary eventually settle on to please his mother?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Shopkeeper.

5. How many guests do Emma and Charles have at their wedding?
(a) 250.
(b) 43.
(c) Only the priest and Emma's father.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Homais want Charles to help him?

2. What is an early routine that Charles and Emma establish as newlyweds?

3. Who comes to stay with the Bovarys after the birth of their child?

4. Who came to the convent to tell fantastic stories to the girls there?

5. What memento does Emma burn in a fit of depression?

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