View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.
(a) Little; much.
(b) Some; much.
(c) Much; little.
(d) Little; some.

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

5. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?
(a) Comtesse and Comte de Breville.
(b) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Boule de Suif and Cornudet.
(d) The two nuns.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what kind of soldiers are NOT wandering through the town?

5. How do the leaders of "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death" behave?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 362 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample