Madame Bovary Quizzes

Madame Bovary Quiz 1

By C. Shelby · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed March 08, 2006

1 To whom does "Madame Bovary" refer in the title?

Berthe

Emma

Charles's first wife

Charles's mother
2 Where are Emma and Charles married?

Yonville

Paris

Rouen

Emma's father's farm
3 What do Emma and Charles name their daughter?

Felicite

Berthe

Eve

Sarah
4 Who is Homais?

the apothecary

the debt collector

an attorney

the other Yonville doctor
5 Who is Emma's first lover?

Justin

Rodolphe

Leon

Homais
6 Who allows Emma access to the arsenic?

Felicite

Homais

Berthe

Justin
7 Emma dies by

poisoning herself

heart attack

jumping from the roof

stabbing herself
8 How many children do Emma and Charles have?

three

none

two

one
9 How many times does Charles marry?

three times

twice

never

once
10 Charles is a

salesman

doctor

lawyer

craftsman
11 Rodolphe delivers his final letter to Emma in

a basket of pears

an envelope slipped under her door

her mailbox

a basket of bread
12 Emma and Rodolphe begin their physical relationship

in a forest glen after horseback riding

at Rodolphe's home

at Emma's home

in Rouen after seeing the opera
13 Emma reunites with Leon

when she and Charles go to Rouen to see the opera

when she attends the ball

on her deathbed

when she visits her father
14 Leon and Emma begin their physical relationship

in the Bovary home

on a lengthy carriage ride

in a luxurious hotel room

in Yonville
15 What is the name of the clubfooted man?

Lariviere

Justin

Homais

Hippolyte
16 Where does Emma turn for solace?

men

religion

death

all of the above
17 Who haunts Emma's depraved life?

a blind beggar

her father

Charles's brother

a lawyer from Yonville
18 Emma's death is

romantic

quick

painless

extremely painful
19 For an excuse to travel to Rouen, Emma

requests piano lessons

makes up errands

brings Berthe to see the town

tells Charles she is ill
20 Leon is a

man of leisure

law clerk

doctor

craftsman
21 Rodolphe first professes his love to Emma

in a letter

while eating dinner

while horseback riding

at the agricultural fair
22 When does Charles acknowledge Emma's infidelity?

upon discovering Rodolphe's letter in the attic

upon speaking with Leon

upon examining her expenses

upon opening her desk
23 The novel was originally written in what language?

French

German

English

Spanish
24 Who controls the Bovary finances for the majority of the novel?

Emma

Homais

Charles's mother

Charles
25 Who does not attend Emma's funeral?

Felicite

Justin

Charles

Homais

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