Madame Bovary Study Guide

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

• Berthe
• Charles's first wife
• Emma
• Charles's mother

2. Where are Emma and Charles married?

• Emma's father's farm
• Paris
• Rouen
• Yonville

3. What do Emma and Charles name their daughter?

• Berthe
• Sarah
• Felicite
• Eve

4. Who is Homais?

• an attorney
• the apothecary
• the debt collector
• the other Yonville doctor

5. Who is Emma's first lover?

• Homais
• Justin
• Leon
• Rodolphe

6. Who allows Emma access to the arsenic?

• Berthe
• Homais
• Justin
• Felicite

7. Emma dies by

• stabbing herself
• jumping from the roof
• poisoning herself
• heart attack

8. How many children do Emma and Charles have?

• one
• two
• none
• three

9. How many times does Charles marry?

• once
• three times
• twice
• never

10. Charles is a

• doctor
• lawyer
• craftsman
• salesman