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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are very fat.
(b) Because they are disguised as priests.
(c) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.
(d) Because they are devout Christians.

2. In the afternoon their second day in Totes, who proposes the passengers go for a walk in the village neighborhood?
(a) The nuns.
(b) The Prussian officer.
(c) The Count.
(d) The innkeeper.

3. What does Monsieur Follenvie announce about the Prussian officer as the passengers are about to sit down to dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) He wants to know if Madame Loiseau has changed her mind.
(b) He wants to know if Madame Follenvie has changed her mind.
(c) He wants to know if the two nuns have changed their minds.
(d) He wants to know if Mademoiselle Elisabeth Rousset has changed her mind.

4. In Totes, who appeared only at meals and said nothing about the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?
(a) The men.
(b) The nuns.
(c) The women.
(d) The innkeepers.

5. As they talked on their walk the second day in Totes, what is the prevailing feeling among the women?
(a) Constraint.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Retiring after supper on their first night in Totes, Loiseau puts his eye to the bedroom keyhole in order to discover the ________of the corridor.

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

3. According to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon, if the French made a counter attack by way of Dieppe, their encounter with the enemy would inevitably take place where?

4. What powerful argument does the Countess make the most of regarding the Church at dinner the third day in Totes?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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