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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. How does Homais think Charles should help the boy?
(a) By trying a controversial new surgical technique.
(b) By bloodletting.
(c) By calling in an outside expert.
(d) By giving the boy newly developed medicines.

2. What seems to set Rodolphe apart from other men at the fair?
(a) He is very elaborately dressed.
(b) He rides a horse through the fair.
(c) He is dressed very poorly.
(d) He is very talkative and engages everyone he meets in conversation.

3. Where does Emma say she got the bouquet of flowers that Léon had given her?
(a) Lagardy.
(b) Justin.
(c) A beggar on the street.
(d) Monsieur Homais.

4. What seems to disappoint Emma about her pregnancy and the birth of her child, Berthe?
(a) It is a girl and not a boy.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) It provides one more attachment to a middle-class, provincial life.
(d) She cannot afford to buy the layette that she wants.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does his affair with Emma affect Léon's job?

3. What does Emma tell Binet she is doing to hide her secret?

4. After running into Binet, what do Emma and Rodolphe decide to do?

5. Why do the townspeople believe Justin spends so much time at the Bovary home?

(see the answer key)

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