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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Charles and Emma first live together as husband and wife?
(a) Charles' home at Tostes.
(b) Paris.
(c) England.
(d) Emma's home at Bertaux.

2. What award is being presented as Rodolphe professes his love for Emma?
(a) The manure award.
(b) The award for best pie.
(c) The award for working the longest at the same farm.
(d) The award for best sow.

3. What do we learn has happened to Homais' career?
(a) He wants to change jobs and become a doctor.
(b) He was cited for practicing medicine without a license.
(c) He has received many awards.
(d) He is about to retire.

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

5. Where is Emma when she compares her husband to Léon and begins to realize that she is no longer in love with her husband?
(a) At a horse race.
(b) At her husband's office.
(c) At a wedding.
(d) Watching a flax mill being built.

6. Where do Charles and Emma meet?
(a) In the forest.
(b) At a party in Paris given by Emma's cousins.
(c) At Les Bertaux, the home of Monsieur Rouault.
(d) On a ship going to England.

7. Who does Charles have come to visit Emma to help her out of her depression?
(a) Vicomte.
(b) His mother.
(c) Justin.
(d) Emma's father.

8. How old was Emma when she was sent to the convent to study?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 18.
(d) 2.

9. Upon the arrival of the Bovarys in Yonville, what does Homais do?
(a) Kisses Emma and causes a scandal.
(b) Asks the Bovarys to stay with him.
(c) Tells Charles his services are no longer needed.
(d) Invites himself to dinner with them.

10. How does Emma spend her engagement period to Charles?
(a) Having an affair.
(b) Learning how to cook.
(c) Mourning for Madame Heloise Bovary.
(d) Creating her wardrobe.

11. 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's greyhound runs away.
(c) Emma fires her new maid.
(d) Emma tells Charles her true feelings about her provincial life.

12. What does Emma tell Binet she is doing to hide her secret?
(a) Gathering wildflowers.
(b) Looking for her dog that ran off.
(c) Visiting the wet nurse.
(d) Borrowing books from Rodolphe.

13. How does Homais want Charles to help him?
(a) By overseeing his advice to clients.
(b) By taking over the pharmacy once he retires.
(c) By helping him study to become a doctor.
(d) By helping him write a speech for a prestigious scientific society.

14. What is one of Emma's favorite pastimes?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Carving figurines.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Reading romance novels.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Emma and Rodolphe gather so much attention when they go riding?

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

3. What happens to Berthe when Emma returns from her meeting with Abbé Bournisien?

4. Where does Boulanger decide his seduction of Emma will begin?

5. What city does Emma dream of visiting by tracing maps of it?

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