Boule de Suif Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Boule de Suif Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What port city do the merchants in Rouen have business in and have to reach, despite being occupied by the Germans?

2. The Prussian officer who often dined at the same table with the family, expressed sympathy with __________.

3. What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes?

4. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.

5. At three o'clock, what does Boule de Suif remove from an enormous dish in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cornudet whistle and hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif"?

2. What is the reaction among the passengers when Monsieur Follenvie comes in to inquire about whether Elisabeth Rousset has changed her mind?

3. What is the old nun's specialty and why is it significant?

4. How are the provisions the passengers provide in the coach from Totes described, and why is it significant?

5. How do the other female passengers respond to Boule de Suif's political views in the coach from Rouen and why?

6. What word does Boule de Suif use to describe to the other coach passengers the Prussian officer's intentions toward her and how is it significant?

7. How does the countess and Madame Loiseau react to Boule de Suif's misery in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif"?

8. What is Maupassant's attitude toward the old nun as the countess tries to manipulate Boule de Suif in sleeping with the Prussian officer?

9. What are the other passengers' reaction to Cornudet's whistling and humming at the end of "Boule de Suif" and how does Cornudet react?

10. What are Boule de Suif's political views and what do they signify?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of religion in "Boule de Suif"?

1) How are the nuns portrayed in the story?

2) What is Boule de Suif's relationship to religion?

3) How are sacrifice, forgiveness, and sin discussed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss dramatic irony in "Boule de Suif."

1) Define dramatic irony.

2) What scenes employ dramatic irony?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of "Boule de Suif." What is the setting and why is it significant?

(see the answer keys)

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