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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Flaubert describe Emma's three days with Léon in Rouen?

2. What does Flaubert compare the stagecoach to?

3. Where does Emma say she got the bouquet of flowers that Léon had given her?

4. What does Charles' mother decide to do after Emma's death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two times in the novel Emma contemplates suicide, and is successful in the second case. Why do you think she felt that she had no other options? What clues in her personality and behavior revealed that suicide would be an option to her?

Essay Topic 2

Emma is looking for an idealized love that she quickly realizes is not to be found within a middle-class marriage. Describe Emma's ideal relationship. Who would be her perfect partner? Does such a person exist? Do you think Emma ever could have found happiness?

Essay Topic 3

Although Emma is very much a Victorian woman, her story could also take place in modern times. How might her situation in life be different if she was alive in the 21st century? What options may have been open to her as a modern woman that weren't in the time of the book? What situations would be the same?

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