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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the anguish of _______made men even desire the arrival of the________ .
(a) Knowledge; enemy.
(b) Knowledge; allies.
(c) Suspense; enemy.
(d) Suspense; allies.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many passengers are traveling on a coach in "Boule de Suif"?

3. In "Boule de Suif," who is the "terror of all respectable people"?

4. In "Boule de Suif," Loiseau sold very _____wine at a very ____price.

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what happens to the National Guards' arms, uniforms, and death dealing paraphernalia?

(see the answer key)

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