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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?
(a) A thick veneer of immodesty.
(b) A thin veneer of modesty.
(c) A thick veneer of modesty.
(d) A thin veneer of immodesty.

3. When the clock strikes ten first day in Totes, who tells Monsieur Follenvie that "They are not to start without an order from me"?
(a) Madame Follenvie.
(b) The coach driver.
(c) Boule de Suif.
(d) The Prussian officer.

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

5. In "Boule de Suif," who is the "terror of all respectable people"?
(a) Comte de Breville.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Cornudet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the person who suddenly appears at the end of the street acknowledge the passengers?

3. Why does Madame Loiseau state that the officer has "behaved very well" on the third day in Totes?

4. Why are the coach passengers frightened when they first arrive in Totes?

5. Why does the person who appears suddenly at the end of the street on the second day in Totes walk with in a peculiar motion with knees apart?

(see the answer key)

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