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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cornudet follow Boule de Suif to her room their first night in Totes?
(a) To invite her for a late night supper.
(b) To ask her to speak to the Prussian officer.
(c) To request she spy on their passengers.
(d) To make sexual advances toward her.

2. According to the coach driver, what does he tell the male passengers who have been looking for him the morning of the first day in Totes that he is forbidden to do?
(a) Attend confession.
(b) Fraternize with them.
(c) Harness the horses.
(d) Discuss politics.

3. Who faints from hunger after the odor of food permeates the coach in the story?
(a) The old nun.
(b) Comtesse de Breville
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Boule de Suif.

4. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.
(a) Uniforms; flags.
(b) Robes; flags.
(c) Robes; beards.
(d) Beards; uniforms.

5. Why are the married women "utterly humiliated" at being met by the person on their walk the second day?
(a) Because they are in the company of Cornudet.
(b) Because they are in the company of the innkeeper.
(c) Because they are in the company of Loiseau.
(d) Because they are in the company of Boule de Suif.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," who alone is authorized to interview the Prussian officer on civil matters?

2. Why does Boule de Suif refuse Cornudet their first night in Totes?

3. The Prussian officer afforded a ______example of that ______bearing which seems natural to the ______soldier.

4. When the passengers return from their walk on the second day in Totes, why do the exchange sharp words over the "merest trifles"?

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"?

(see the answer key)

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