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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends the Prussian officer a card on which Monsieur Carre-Lamadon inscribes his name and titles?
(a) Madame Follenvie.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Boule de Suif.
(d) Loiseau.

2. When the clock strikes ten first day in Totes, who tells Monsieur Follenvie that "They are not to start without an order from me"?
(a) Madame Follenvie.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) The Prussian officer.
(d) The coach driver.

3. What is NOT one of the reasons the coach passengers discuss in the kitchen after the meeting with the Prussian officer the first day in Totes?
(a) They were to be extradited as prisoners of war.
(b) They were to be held for ransom.
(c) They were being held because of Boule de Suif.
(d) They were being held hostage.

4. What instrument does Monsieur Follenvie's chest sound like during the card game the first day in Totes?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A drum.
(c) A horn.
(d) An organ.

5. On their walk the second day in Totes, who states that they could not "exact so painful a sacrifice from any woman, and that the first move must come from herself"?
(a) Boule de Suif.
(b) Loiseau.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) The Count.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Cornudet use that is described as "admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth"?

2. At dinner the first day in Totes, who manifested a lively and tender sympathy for Boule de Suif?

3. Why does the Count whisper "Hush!" to the group as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes?

4. Who appears suddenly at the end of the street on their walk during the second day in Totes?

5. Who tells Monsieur Follenvie to "Kindly tell the scoundrel, that carrion of a Prussian, that I will never consent"?

(see the answer key)

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