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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men search for in the farmhouses beside the road that they cannot find in "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Toilets.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Blankets.

2. What port city do the merchants in Rouen have business in and have to reach, despite being occupied by the Germans?
(a) Havre.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Rome.
(d) Berlin.

3. Why is Boule de Suif much sought after in the story?
(a) Because of her fresh, pleasing appearance.
(b) Because of her knowledge of many subjects.
(c) Because of her kind, warm heart.
(d) Because of her connections to high society.

4. Why does Madame Loiseau state that the officer has "behaved very well" on the third day in Totes?
(a) Because he could have chosen a poor peasant woman instead of Boule de Suif.
(b) Because he didn't choose any of the women.
(c) Because he chose the married women over Boule de Suif.
(d) Because he could have chosen one of the married women instead of Boule de Suif.

5. The soldiers advanced in what kind of fashion in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Listless.
(b) Bizarre.
(c) Productive.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Boule de Suif's real name?

2. Who states after dinner the third day in Totes, "when women run after uniforms it's all the same to them whether the men who wear them are French or Prussian. It's perfectly sickening!"

3. What is the Prussian officer wearing when the male passengers meet them after luncheon the first day in Totes?

4. Who tells Monsieur Follenvie to "Kindly tell the scoundrel, that carrion of a Prussian, that I will never consent"?

5. In the beginning of the story, what do the conquerors exact from the inhabitants of Rouen?

(see the answer key)

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