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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?
(a) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) The two nuns.
(c) Comtesse and Comte de Breville.
(d) Boule de Suif and Cornudet.

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

3. In the morning of their first day in Totes, what do the male passengers see the Prussian soldiers doing in the town square while looking for the coach driver?
(a) Helping the women with household chores.
(b) Burying the dead and attending to the wounded.
(c) Stockpiling weapons and provisions.
(d) Practicing drills for the next battle.

4. When the male passengers meet with the Prussian officer after luncheon the first day in Totes, what does he do?
(a) He neither rose nor greeted them, but glanced in their direction.
(b) He rose, greeted them, and glanced in their direction.
(c) He neither rose, greeted them, nor even glanced in their direction.
(d) He rose, but neither greeted them, or even glanced in their direction.

5. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1771.
(d) 1671.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," Loiseau sold very _____wine at a very ____price.

2. What does Loiseau suggest the company should ask the officer after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?

3. According to the coach driver, who gave him command the morning of the first day in Totes?

4. Why are the married women "utterly humiliated" at being met by the person on their walk the second day?

5. What is the word that no one is shocked to hear about the Prussian officer's request?

(see the answer key)

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