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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 reason the Prussian officer gives the male passengers about refusing to start on their journey to Dieppe?
(a) The provisions have run out.
(b) He doesn't offer one.
(c) He can't find the coach driver.
(d) The weather is too treacherous.

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

3. Who does Madame Follenvie address herself to while the passengers dine during their first supper in Totes?
(a) The Countess.
(b) The Old Nun.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Boule de Suif.

4. What object does Cornudet use that is described as "admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth"?
(a) A wallet.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A jug.

5. During their first supper in Totes, who states "War is a barbarous proceeding when we attack a peaceful neighbor, but it is a sacred duty when undertaken in defense of one' country."
(a) Boule de Suif.
(b) Monsieur Follenvie.
(c) The Puny Nun.
(d) Cornudet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the card game the men propose to play after dinner the first day in Totes?

2. According to the narrator, who feels affection for the "pomp and circumstance of despotic government"?

3. When the ladies talk about the Prussian soldier on their walk the second day, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon state that she regrets the soldier is not a Frenchman?

4. What do the coach passengers do to pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?

5. On the third day the passengers are in Totes, why are the ladies pleasant to Boule de Suif until lunch time?

(see the answer key)

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