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Part Three, Chapters 1 and 2

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Part Three, Chapters 5–7

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Sentimental Education

Gustave Flaubert

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1. When Frédéric first sees Madame Arnoux, where is he going?

(A) Paris

(B) Nogent

(D) Le Havre

2. What is the name of Madame Arnoux's daughter?

(A) Rosanette

(B) Louise

(D) Marthe

3. What happens to Frédéric's son?

(A) He becomes a member of the Assembly.

(B) He marries Louise.

(D) He becomes Madame Arnoux's lover.

4. What form does Pellerin's art ultimately take?

(A) Sculpture

(B) Photography

(D) Performance art

5. How many women does Frédéric swear to love?

(A) Four: Madame Arnoux, Rosanette, Madame Dambreuse, and Louise

(B) Two: Madame Arnoux and Madame Dambreuse

(D) Three: Rosanette, Mademoiselle Vatnaz, and Marthe

6. Which of Madame Arnoux's features shocks Frédéric at the end of the novel?

(A) Her dainty foot

(B) Her lacy veil

(D) Her huge bosom

7. Which, if any, of Frédéric's lovers does Deslauriers successfully marry?

(A) Madame Arnoux

(B) Rosanette

(D) Madame Dambreuse

8. What woman do Frédéric and Arnoux share sexually?

(A) Rosanette

(B) Madame Arnoux

(D) Louise

9. Why does Frédéric duel with Cisy?

(A) Cisy insults Madame Arnoux.

(B) Cisy sleeps with Rosanette.

(D) Frédéric dislikes the dinner Cisy serves.

10. What two portraits does Frédéric commission from Pellerin?

(A) Rosanette and his son

(B) Rosanette and Madame Arnoux

(D) Monsieur Dambreuse and Rosanette

11. Why does Madame Arnoux fail to meet Frédéric on the Tuesday they have planned to walk together?

(A) There are riots in the streets.

(B) Madame Arnoux's son, Eugene, is gravely ill.

(D) Frédéric gets the day wrong.

12. How many women ask Frédéric to marry them?

(A) One: Louise

(B) Two: Louise and Madame Dambreuse

(D) Four: Louise, Madame Dambreuse, Rosanette, and Madame Arnoux

13. What ultimately happens to Dussardier?

(A) He gets elected to the Assembly.

(B) He moves to Spain.

(D) He disappears.

14. Why is Rosanette called the Marshal?

(A) She teases her party guests about being their Marshal.

(B) She has a position in the military.

(D) She looks like a man.

15. Why does Frédéric pursue Madame Dambreuse so feverishly?

(A) She is beautiful.

(B) She reminds him of Madame Arnoux.

(D) They have intellectually stimulating conversation.

16. What is Monsieur Dambreuse's relationship with Cecile?

(A) He is her uncle.

(B) He is her grandfather.

(D) She is his illegitimate daughter.

17. When Frédéric first tries to woo Rosanette, whom does she choose instead?

(A) Hussonnet

(B) Deslauriers

(D) Monsieur Dambreuse

18. What kind of factory does Arnoux run?

(A) A china-clay factory

(B) A printing press

(D) A packaging factory

19. Why happens that prevents Frédéric from standing for election to the Assembly for a second time?

(A) He decides to be an artist instead.

(B) He loses interest.

(D) He stays with Rosanette after she has a baby and misses his chance to run.

20. What is Mademoiselle Vatnaz's view of marriage?

(A) All women should marry older men.

(B) Women should marry men from Spain.

(D) Women should marry or be shot.

21. What two men try to marry Cecile?

(A) Roque and Monsieur Regimbart

(B) Frédéric and Deslauriers

(D) Cisy and Martinon

22. What surprises Madame Dambreuse after her husband dies?

(A) He has left her everything.

(B) He has left everything to Cecile.

(D) He has no inheritance to leave anyone.

23. What happens at the duel between Frédéric and Cisy?

(A) Cisy faints and Arnoux steps in.

(B) Madame Arnoux stops it.

(D) Frédéric doesn't show up.

24. After the fall of the monarchy, what do the bourgeoisie fear losing?

(A) Their children

(B) Their mistresses

(D) Their right to vote

25. What does Frédéric consider the best time of his life?

(A) His first night with Rosanette

(B) The first time he sees Madame Arnoux

(D) Going to a brothel with Deslauriers when they were young

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