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Madame Bovary Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Madame Bovary? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Charles Bovary's first marriage was one of


Hostility
Convenience
Great passion
Interesting politics - he supported the Socialists and she came from a long line of Greens
Q. Where was Emma educated?


Her parents - home schooling is the only way to get a good education
Public school - no limousine liberalism for her parents
The convent
Q. When Charles dies, he is


Poverty stricken and lonely
Happy and content
Knowing that he made a difference in the world
Very, very, very old - he makes Abraham look he died young
Q. Who is the only character who has a happy ending?


Charles Bovary
Emma Bovary
Berthe Bovary
Monsieur Homais, in a wretched twist of irony where the obnoxious and undeserving win
Q. Rodolphe's sole purpose in life may be the pursuit of


Truth
Justice
Ladies
Money, property, horses and jewelry