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Boule de Suif | Quiz

Guy De Maupassant
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Boule de Suif | Quiz

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1)

What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes? (from Section 2)

Harnessing the horses.
Confessing to the priest.
Arguing with the innkeeper's wife.
Fraternizing with the officer's orderly.
2)

What metaphor does Maupassant use to describe Boule de Suif's tears in the coach from Totes? (from Section 4)

Holy water dropping in a church.
Water filtering from a rock.
Wine spilling from a glass.
Lava pouring from a volcano.
3)

Who sends the Prussian officer a card on which Monsieur Carre-Lamadon inscribes his name and titles? (from Section 2)

Comte de Breville.
Loiseau.
Madame Follenvie.
Boule de Suif.
4)

As Cornudet settles beside the kitchen fireplace, what does he do as he "sucked the foam from his mustache" the first day in Totes? (from Section 2)

Crossed his long legs near the fire.
Turned the pages of a book with his long fingers.
Shook with laughter and held his belly with his greasy fingers.
Passed his long fingers through his long greasy hair.
5)

What do the coach passengers do to pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes? (from Section 2)

Read the paper.
Walk to town.
Play cards.
Recite scripture.
6)

On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers, for want of something better to do before lunch, do what? (from Section 3)

Nap in their rooms.
Wander around the coach.
Read by the fire.
Walk to the square.
7)

What efforts at self-control does Boule de Suif attempt to do in the coach on their trip from Totes? (from Section 4)

Draw herself up; unclasp her hands.
Swallow her sobs; pull on a blanket.
Swallow her sobs; close her eyes.
Draw herself up; swallow her sobs.
8)

What is the description given of the person who chuckles at Boule de Suif's crying in the coach from Totes? (from Section 4)

Hostile.
Bored.
Triumphant.
Unintelligent.
9)

What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game? (from Section 2)

Have a glass of milk in the drawing room.
Wait up with my sherry.
Fetch my slippers before retiring.
Put my egg-nogg by the fire.
10)

At luncheon the first day in Totes, who appears ill and worried as they dine? (from Section 2)

Madame Carre-Lamadon.
The nuns.
Boule de Suif.
Madame Loiseau.
11)

In the afternoon of the third day in Totes, what tone does the Count adopt on his walk with Boule de Suif to convince her to surrender to the Prussian? (from Section 3)

Familiar, maternal, slightly intimidated.
Proper, maternal, slightly contemptuous.
Proper, respectful, slightly intimidated.
Familiar, paternal, slightly contemptuous.
12)

Who asked suddenly as they retrace their steps on the second day of Totes, "if that trollop were going to keep them waiting much longer in this Godforsaken spot"? (from Section 3)

Loiseau.
Madame Carre-Lamadon.
Cornudet.
The Count.
13)

What is the reason the Prussian officer gives the male passengers about refusing to start on their journey to Dieppe? (from Section 2)

The weather is too treacherous.
He doesn't offer one.
He can't find the coach driver.
The provisions have run out.
14)

Where did Loiseau get the object he takes out in the coach on their departure from Totes? (from Section 4)

The inn in Totes.
The inn in Marseille.
The inn in Paris.
The inn in Rouen.
15)

In the morning of the first day in Totes, what two people does Cornudet listen to forecast the future of France, one advocating the Orleans dynasty, the other an unknown savior? (from Section 2)

Loiseau and Comte de Breville.
Boule de Suif and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
Comtess de Breville and Loiseau.
Comte de Breville and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
16)

As they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, how did the Count utter several "rather risky witticisms"? (from Section 3)

Tactfully.
Easily.
Softly.
Loudly.
17)

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"? (from Section 4)

A pack of cards.
A bound Bible.
A flash of liquor.
A box of cigars.
18)

What is the church bell summoning on the third morning in Totes? (from Section 3)

A mass.
A funeral.
A baptism.
A wedding.
19)

What dropped into Cornudet's mighty beard during their trip from Totes that looked like "stars"? (from Section 4)

Bread.
Yolk.
Pear.
Wine.
20)

Who chuckles at Boule de Suif crying in the coach from Totes and murmurs, "She's weeping for shame"? (from Section 4)

Madame Carre-Lamadon.
Madame Loiseau.
Cornudet.
Comte de Breville.
21)

What instrument does Monsieur Follenvie's chest sound like during the card game the first day in Totes? (from Section 2)

A drum.
A guitar.
A horn.
An organ.
22)

As they discuss the Prussian officer on the third day in Totes, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon's eyes glisten and her face grow pale? (from Section 3)

Because she is imagining the officer laying his violent hands on her.
Because she is imagining the officer tenderly embracing her.
Because she is imagining the officer abducting her.
Because she is imagining the officer proposing marriage to her.
23)

What is the weather like on their walk in the village neighborhood the second day in Totes? (from Section 3)

Warm.
Mild.
Cold.
Hot.
24)

What is the metaphor Maupassant uses to describe the course of action the passengers take in persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian? (from Section 3)

Labor.
Marriage.
War.
Sport.
25)

In "Boule de Suif," who alone is authorized to interview the Prussian officer on civil matters? (from Section 2)

Monsieur Follenvie.
The cook.
Madame Follenvie.
The servant.
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