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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Homais get into a religious debate with?
(a) Monsieur Lhereux.
(b) Emma.
(c) Charles.
(d) Abbé Bournisien.

2. What happens to the money that Charles receives from one of his clients?
(a) He uses it as a gift for Hippolyte.
(b) He gives it to Emma to help pay her expenses.
(c) Emma steals it.
(d) He loses it in a card game at Homais'.

3. What does Léon's employer suggest he do about Emma?
(a) Break off the affair.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Pay off her debts.
(d) Take her to Paris.

4. What does Emma's father do after the funeral?
(a) Stays at Yonville for a few days.
(b) Returns immediately to Bertaux.
(c) Pays a visit to Lhereux.
(d) Spends time with Berthe.

5. What bad news does Homais break to Emma?
(a) She owes him a large sum of money.
(b) Her father-in-law has died.
(c) Charles has left her.
(d) Berthe is ill.

6. How long after Emma's death did her father learn of it?
(a) 5 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 24 hours.

7. Besides his wife's illness, what other factor in Charles' life is causing him stress?
(a) He is having an affair.
(b) He is in poor health himself.
(c) He is having financial troubles.
(d) He is getting his medical license suspended.

8. Who does Léon entertain that causes him to be late for a rendezvous with Emma?
(a) Monsieur Lhereux.
(b) Rodolphe.
(c) Monsieur Homais.
(d) Charles.

9. Once she gets a bit of money what does Emma purchase from Lhereux?
(a) New clothes for Berthe.
(b) Furnishings for Léon's apartment.
(c) New draperies and a carpet.
(d) Medical equipment for Charles.

10. What event does Charles think will help Emma return to good spirits?
(a) Going to a party at Homais'.
(b) Hosting a dinner party.
(c) Seeing an opera at Rouen.
(d) Visiting her father.

11. What is unusual to people about the cab that Léon and Emma ride in?
(a) The blinds are drawn.
(b) It is drawn by only one horse.
(c) It is stopped all day by the river.
(d) They are riding up front with the coachman.

12. Why does Charles owe money to Monsieur Homais?
(a) To pay off a loan.
(b) To pay for the expenses incurred during Emma's illness.
(c) To pay him back for helping with Hippolyte.
(d) To pay for new clothes for Berthe.

13. What is physically wrong with the beggar that Emma encounters on her way home to Yonville?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is missing his arms and legs.
(c) He is covered with pestilent sores.
(d) He has a hunchback.

14. 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.

15. On what day of the week does Emma visit Léon in Rouen?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Thursdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Léon and Emma do during their time together?

2. How does Emma's behavior begin to reflect her new, more daring lifestyle?

3. After he helps the boy, how is he rewarded?

4. Why does Homais think Charles should help the stable boy, Hippolyte?

5. What causes Emma to relapse during a walk with Charles when she is recuperating?

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