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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does Maupassant use to describe Boule de Suif's tears in the coach from Totes?
(a) Holy water dropping in a church.
(b) Water filtering from a rock.
(c) Lava pouring from a volcano.
(d) Wine spilling from a glass.

2. What country are the passengers in "Boule de Suif" traveling through on a coach?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

3. According to the coach driver, who gave him command the morning of the first day in Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Madame Follenvie.
(c) Monsieur Follenvie.
(d) Loiseau.

4. According to the coach driver, what does he tell the male passengers who have been looking for him the morning of the first day in Totes that he is forbidden to do?
(a) Attend confession.
(b) Harness the horses.
(c) Discuss politics.
(d) Fraternize with them.

5. 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?
(a) They were being held hostage.
(b) They were being held because of Boule de Suif.
(c) They were to be extradited as prisoners of war.
(d) They were to be held for ransom.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers rose early, with a _______hope of being allowed to start, a _______desire than ever to do so.

2. What does Cornudet notice about Loiseau and his wife as they pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?

3. What object does Loiseau take out in the coach on their departure from Totes, that is "thick with the grease of five years' contact with half-wiped tables"?

4. What are the lids on the oval dishes that Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes decorated with?

5. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?

(see the answer key)

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