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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that no one is shocked to hear about the Prussian officer's request?
(a) Hostage.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Murder.
(d) Ransom.

2. On their walk the second day in Totes, what do the ladies discuss as the men talk of war?
(a) Literature.
(b) Dress.
(c) Children.
(d) Food.

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what kind of soldiers are NOT wandering through the town?
(a) Volunteers.
(b) Enlisted.
(c) Retired.
(d) Artillerymen.

4. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?
(a) In a modest room.
(b) In the front room.
(c) In the back room.
(d) In the best room.

5. 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?
(a) Comtess de Breville and Loiseau.
(b) Boule de Suif and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Loiseau and Comte de Breville.
(d) Comte de Breville and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The soldiers advanced in what kind of fashion in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

3. 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?

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

5. When they arrive at Totes, the mood at supper after Boule de Suif returns from her meeting with the Prussian officer is characterized as what?

(see the answer key)

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