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Madame Bovary

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Gustave Flaubert Biography

About Madame Bovary

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Part I: Chapter 1
Part I: Chapter 2
Part I: Chapter 3
Part I: Chapters 4–5
Part I: Chapter 6
Part I: Chapter 7
Part I: Chapter 8
Part I: Chapter 9
Part II: Chapters 1–2
Part II: Chapter 3
Part II: Chapters 4–5
Part II: Chapter 6
Part II: Chapter 7
Part II: Chapter 8
Part II: Chapters 9–10
Part II: Chapter 11
Part II: Chapters 12–13
Part II: Chapters 14–15
Part III: Chapter 1
Part III: Chapters 2–4
Part III: Chapters 5–6
Part III: Chapter 7
Part III: Chapter 8
Part III: Chapters 9–11

Character List

Character Analysis

Emma Bovary
Charles Bovary
Leon
Rodolphe
Homais

Critical Essays

Theme and Intent of Madame Bovary
Realism in Madame Bovary
Symbolism in Madame Bovary
Irony and Contrast in Madame Bovary
Style in Madame Bovary
Narrative Technique of Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary as Social Commentary

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1:  Madame Bovary is often recognized as a forerunner to what literary genre?

a. The romantic novel

b. The mystery novel

c. The realistic novel

d. d. The post modern novel
2:  Which description best fits Charles Bovary?

a. A clever and industrious man, who cares for his work more than his wife

b. A dashing and foppish man, with little care for anything but the superficial

c. An indolent and wasteful man, who is fond of drink and gambling

d. An obedient and diligent man, possessing average intelligence and no special talents
3:  Charles’ first marriage is to

a. A beautiful, sophisticated woman

b. A shrewish older woman

c. A naïve young woman

d. His childhood sweetheart
4:  What are the circumstances under which Charles first meets Emma?

a. She is the daughter of a patient he is treating.

b. She is working as an assistant to the apothecary.

c. She is his wife’s dressmaker.

d. She is his son’s piano teacher.
5:  What does Emma see in the bedroom of her new home with Charles that is a blow to her romantic idea of marriage?

a. Charles’ first wife’s wedding bouquet

b. Charles’ mothers’ hairbrush

c. Charles’ medical equipment

d. The maid’s cleaning supplies
6:  Why do Charles and Emma move to Yonville?

a. So that Emma can teach piano lessons

b. Because Charles’ practice is not doing well

c. For Emma’s health

d. To be near Charles’ mother
7:  Emma and Leon first bond over

a. their mutual hatred of the medical profession

b. their mutual love of philosophy

c. their similar religious interests

d. their mutual appreciation of literature and music
8:  What is the result of Bovary trying out a new surgery for the treatment of clubfoot on Hippolyte?

a. It is a great success and Emma is briefly proud of her husband.

b. The leg becomes gangrenous and has to be amputated.

c. Emma is furious at Charles for risking his career.

d. Hippolyte dies during the surgery.
9:  Rodolphe first professes his love to Emma at

a. an agricultural fair

b. the park

c. the governor’s ball

d. Emma’s home
10:  Where does Emma encounter Leon again?

a. In Paris

b. At the fair

c. Riding in his carriage in Yonville

d. At the opera in Rouen
11:  What document does Lheureux convince Emma to procure from her husband to take care of her mounting debts?

a. Power of attorney

b. His will

c. A letter of intent

d. His medical license
12:  Emma resorts to all of the following to get money for her debts EXCEPT

a. secretly collecting money from Charles’ patients

b. granting sexual favors to Guillaumin for money.

c. offering sexual favors to Rodolphe for money.

d. begging Leon for money
13:  How does Emma die?

a. She jumps in front of a carriage.

b. She gets a fever.

c. She jumps off a bridge.

d. She takes arsenic.
14:  What happens to Emma and Charles’ daughter Berthe after her father dies?

a. She goes to live with Rodolphe.

b. She is adopted by Leon.

c. She must earn her living in a cotton mill.

d. She inherits a fortune from Charles’ mother.



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