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Flaubert took five years to write Madame Bovary because

1. 
   he was lazy and didn't often work
   
2. 
   he was an exact and careful writer
   
3. 
   he wanted it to be his best novel
   
4. 
   his handwriting was very poor
   

2. 
   Flaubert's trial …
   

1. 
   was written about in a series of magazines in 1856
   
2. 
   came about because his book wasn't well-written
   
3. 
   caused Flaubert to lose popularity in society
   
4. 
   took place because his writing offended some people
   

3. 
   As mentioned in the passage, in the novel Madame Bovary,
   

1. 
   Flaubert's personal feelings about the middle class are reflected
   
2. 
   the character of Emma Bovary is based on a real person
   
3. 
   Flaubert wrote about a working class woman who led a revolt
   
4. 
   the plot was the attitude of the bourgeoisie towards works of art