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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Emma wish she had spent her honeymoon with Charles?
(a) An exotic location far away.
(b) At his parents' home.
(c) At an inn in Yonville.
(d) At her parents' home.

2. The novel begins with a description of this character's experience in school. Who is this character?
(a) Charles Bovary.
(b) Emma Bovary.
(c) Leon Dupuis.
(d) Justin.

3. How does Emma's behavior begin to reflect her new, more daring lifestyle?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) She speaks openly of political and religious issues.
(c) She begins wearing different fashions than she did before.
(d) She smokes in public.

4. What does Rodolphe do upon seeing Emma again?
(a) He throws her out.
(b) He confesses his love for her.
(c) He sends for Charles.
(d) He mocks her.

5. What happens on Emma's wedding night that causes some people to think that she and her father are acting above their class?
(a) She serves wine only to the wealthy guests.
(b) She leaves early without saying goodbye.
(c) She forgets to say "thank you" to her guests.
(d) She refuses to allow wedding pranks to be played on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to disappoint Emma about her pregnancy and the birth of her child, Berthe?

2. What does Charles find when he helps riders repair their cart?

3. Why does Emma move her bedroom into the parlor of the Bovary home?

4. What career does Charles Bovary eventually settle on to please his mother?

5. During the fair, a woman wins a monetary award for what remarkable achievement?

(see the answer key)

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