Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert · 1856

Ten questions on plot, characters and themes. Take it free. Pass 7 of 10 to ace it.

Question 1 of 10

Who is Charles Bovary?

A wealthy Parisian bankerA modest country health officer who works as a doctor in rural NormandyA retired military officerAn ambitious lawyer

Question 2 of 10

Who is Charles's first wife?

Emma Rouault, a farmer's daughterAn older widow whom his mother arranged for him to marry, and who dies early in the novelHis childhood friend from the villageMademoiselle Lheureux, the shopkeeper's daughter

Question 3 of 10

What kind of upbringing has Emma had before her marriage?

She grew up working in a city shopShe was educated at a convent, where she developed romantic ideas from novels and picturesShe was taught entirely at home by a governessShe was raised in Paris society

Question 4 of 10

What is Emma's chief complaint about her life as Charles's wife?

She finds it dull, mediocre, and a disappointment compared to the great loves she imagined from novelsShe objects to the long hours her husband worksShe dislikes the climate of NormandyShe wishes to become a nun

Question 5 of 10

Who is Emma's first real lover?

Léon Dupuis, a clerkRodolphe Boulanger, a local landowner with a reputation for affairsMonsieur Homais, the pharmacistJustin, the apprentice

Question 6 of 10

What happens when Emma plans to elope with this lover?

They run away successfully to ItalyHe abandons her at the last moment with a cold letter and disappears, sending her into a long illnessCharles discovers them and forgives herShe changes her mind and stays with Charles

Question 7 of 10

Who is Emma's second lover, with whom she carries on a more secretive affair in Rouen?

Rodolphe's brotherLéon Dupuis, a young clerk she had once liked from a distanceDoctor LarivièreCharles's old schoolmate

Question 8 of 10

Who is Monsieur Lheureux, and what role does he play in Emma's downfall?

A doctor whose treatment ruins her healthA cunning local shopkeeper and moneylender who encourages her extravagance and then ruthlessly calls in her debtsA priest who advises her badlyA judge who hears her case

Question 9 of 10

How does Emma die?

Of choleraShe swallows arsenic in the pharmacist's shop and dies a slow, agonising deathShe drowns crossing a riverShe is killed in a coach accident

Question 10 of 10

What happens to Charles and the couple's daughter after Emma's death?

Charles thrives professionally and the daughter goes to convent schoolCharles, broken by his discoveries of Emma's affairs and debts, soon dies; their daughter Berthe is sent to relatives and ends up working in a cotton millCharles remarries quickly and forgets EmmaThe daughter is adopted by a noble family

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