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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event causes the delay of the "Hirondelle" and also marks the loss of Emma's last remaining confidante?
(a) Emma fires her new maid.
(b) Emma accuses Charles of having an affair.
(c) Emma's greyhound runs away.
(d) Emma tells Charles her true feelings about her provincial life.

2. Why is another doctor called in to consult on the case?
(a) Because he is the boy's uncle.
(b) Because he has made a deal with Charles to split the proceeds.
(c) Because Homais wants another opinion.
(d) Because Hippolyte has gangrene.

3. What is an early routine that Charles and Emma establish as newlyweds?
(a) They read romance novels together.
(b) They always write letters to each other.
(c) They take long horseback rides together.
(d) They eat together and take walks together.

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

5. How do Rodolphe and Emma often pass notes to each other?
(a) They leave them under a bench.
(b) Folded into the pages of a book.
(c) Hidden in Charles' medicine bag.
(d) Packed in a box of fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emma explain her absence the night she doesn't return home?

2. Who do Charles and Emma run into at the opera?

3. How do Emma and Rodolphe begin communicating in the early days of their affair?

4. What does Emma threaten to do to her beloved piano?

5. Where does Emma say she got the bouquet of flowers that Léon had given her?

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