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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Berthe when Emma returns from her meeting with Abbé Bournisien?
(a) She falls and cuts her face.
(b) She is sent back to stay with the wet nurse.
(c) She becomes feverish and needs medical care.
(d) She goes to stay with Emma's father.

2. What do the Bovarys discover about their new home?
(a) It is well-designed but in disarray.
(b) It is a mere cottage and not up to Emma's standards.
(c) It still has boarders living in it.
(d) It is infested with mice.

3. 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 forgets to say "thank you" to her guests.
(b) She serves wine only to the wealthy guests.
(c) She leaves early without saying goodbye.
(d) She refuses to allow wedding pranks to be played on her.

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

5. Why does Monsieur Rodolphe Boulanger call on Charles?
(a) He has broken his leg.
(b) For a bloodletting.
(c) For nutritional advice.
(d) He is interested in becoming a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an early routine that Charles and Emma establish as newlyweds?

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

3. Who does Emma meet on her way to visit the wet nurse?

4. Why did Charles' father, Charles Denis Bartholomé Bovary, get removed from his post as an Army surgeon?

5. What does Charles want to give to Emma as a present?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Emma allow herself to be so easily persuaded by Lhereux in Part 3: Chapter 2?

2. How does Emma show in Chapter 4 that makes her wedding guests concerned about her?

3. What tactics does Emma use in Part 3: Chapter 3 to get to see Léon on a more regular basis?

4. Describe the beggar's appearance in Part 3: Chapter 5.

5. What are some of the clichés that the dignitaries use who speak at the agricultural show in Part 2: Chapter 8?

6. Emma has a very fickle nature. What are some examples of this that are revealed in Part 2: Chapter 3?

7. What character types do the animals at the fair symbolize in Chapter 2: Part 8?

8. How has Emma's reputation been ruined by Part 3: Chapter 6?

9. What characters are introduced in Part 2: Chapter 1 that seem to be important in the day-to-day life of the small town of Yonville?

10. What specifically does Charles do to help Emma recover that shows his true devotion to his wife in Part 2: Chapter 13?

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