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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 60-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Baldabiou show the mayor when he first arrived in town?
(a) A silk tunic.
(b) Silkworm eggs.
(c) A silk-manufacturing plant.
(d) A silk scarf.

2. When Joncour asks about Hara Kei the morning after the party, what is he told?
(a) That Hara Kei wants Joncour to leave.
(b) That Hara Kei left the village with his entourage.
(c) That Hara Kei is collecting birds.
(d) That Hara Kei went hunting.

3. What does the opening of the Suez Canal do for the trip to Japan?
(a) Joncour can now take a boat the entire way.
(b) From France to Japan now only takes 3 months.
(c) Makes the trip only 20 days long.
(d) Makes the trip rougher.

4. When Joncour arrives at his house in Hara Kei's village on his third trip, he can see Hara Kei's house. What does he notice?
(a) The house looks out over the bay.
(b) The birds are all released.
(c) The house is orange.
(d) The house is huge.

5. What novel is Flaubert writing at the time in the novel?
(a) Africa.
(b) Salammbo.
(c) God Given Talent.
(d) The Rest Shall Die.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joncour arrives in the village of Hara Kei on the fourth trip, what, in his mind, does he see?

2. What does Hara Kei tell Joncour about the eggs that were sold to him by the other man?

3. What does the mistress do before she leaves Joncour with his present?

4. How far away is China from Japan?

5. What business is downstairs that Madame Blanche also owns?

(see the answer key)

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