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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the ladies on the coach bring to warm their feet in "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Small lanterns.
(b) Fur-lined boots.
(c) Silk leggings.
(d) Copper foot-warmers.

2. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are very fat.
(b) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.
(c) Because they are disguised as priests.
(d) Because they are devout Christians.

3. On their walk the second day in Totes, why does the Count tell Loiseau that "we should be pursued at once, overtaken in ten minutes, and brought back as prisoners at the mercy of the soldiery"?
(a) Because Loiseau suggests they kill the Prussian.
(b) Because Loiseau suggests they steal the carriage.
(c) Because Loiseau suggests they escape on foot.
(d) Because Loiseau suggests they abandon Boule de Suif.

4. In Totes, who appeared only at meals and said nothing about the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?
(a) The women.
(b) The nuns.
(c) The men.
(d) The innkeepers.

5. "Boule de Suif" is set during which war?
(a) Napoleonic.
(b) Spanish.
(c) WWI.
(d) Franco-Prussian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldiers advanced in what kind of fashion in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

2. According to the coach driver, who gave him command the morning of the first day in Totes?

3. How does Boule de Suif respond to the matrons loud whispers of "hussy" and "public scandal" about her?

4. Who declares after they take their seats in the coach for their departure from Totes, "What a mercy I am not sitting beside that creature!"

5. In the morning of their first day in Totes, what do the male passengers see the Prussian soldiers doing in the town square while looking for the coach driver?

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