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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game?
(a) Have a glass of milk in the drawing room.
(b) Wait up with my sherry.
(c) Put my egg-nogg by the fire.
(d) Fetch my slippers before retiring.

2. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?
(a) In the front room.
(b) In a modest room.
(c) In the back room.
(d) In the best room.

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

4. What is the weather like on their walk in the village neighborhood the second day in Totes?
(a) Cold.
(b) Warm.
(c) Mild.
(d) Hot.

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif" who are "scoundrels often brave beyond measure"?
(a) Pillagers and debauchees.
(b) Merchants and nobility.
(c) Debauchees and aristocracy.
(d) Pillagers and nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," why could no one mention Loiseau's name without adding that he was an "extraordinary man"?

2. Who breaks their jug on the table in indignation at the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?

3. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?

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

5. As the passengers talk about the Prussian officer, why does Madame Loiseau claim that Boule de Suif does not have the right to refuse him?

(see the answer key)

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