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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 Boule de Suif's real name?
(a) Elisabeth Passant.
(b) Elisabeth Rousset.
(c) Marianne Passant.
(d) Marianne Rousset.

2. What is the name of the card game the men propose to play after dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) Euchre.
(b) Eighty-three.
(c) Eleusis.
(d) Escarte.

3. In "Boule de Suif," how do the men speak of money matters in the coach?
(a) In a tone expressive of contempt for the poor.
(b) In a tone expressive of envy for the rich.
(c) In a tone expressive of sorrow for the poor.
(d) In a tone expressive of contempt for the rich.

4. "Boule de Suif" is set during which war?
(a) Franco-Prussian.
(b) WWI.
(c) Napoleonic.
(d) Spanish.

5. What do the ladies on the coach bring to warm their feet in "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Fur-lined boots.
(b) Small lanterns.
(c) Silk leggings.
(d) Copper foot-warmers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the men search for in the farmhouses beside the road that they cannot find in "Boule de Suif"?

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?

4. 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?

5. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?

(see the answer key)

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