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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they begin to share the provisions Boule de Suif offers, what do they talk about?
(a) War.
(b) Romance.
(c) Family.
(d) Education.

2. What is the coach floor covered with as the passengers take their seats?
(a) Fur.
(b) Wool.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Straw.

3. In "Boule de Suif," who is a king in the cotton trade with a much younger wife?
(a) Monsieur de Suif.
(b) Comte Hubert de Breville.
(c) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Cornudet.

4. According to the narrator, who feels affection for the "pomp and circumstance of despotic government"?
(a) All women.
(b) Some men.
(c) Most men.
(d) Few women.

5. In the beginning of the story, what do the conquerors exact from the inhabitants of Rouen?
(a) Money.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Accolades.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cornudet have that he offers to his neighbors in the coach on the way to Totes?

2. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.

3. Why is Boule de Suif much sought after in the story?

4. Who does Loiseau fancy he sees receive a noiseless blow in the dark in the coach?

5. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?

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