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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who states after dinner the third day in Totes, "when women run after uniforms it's all the same to them whether the men who wear them are French or Prussian. It's perfectly sickening!"
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Monsieur Follenvie.
(d) Madame Loiseau.

3. 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?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Labor.
(c) Sport.
(d) War.

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

5. What instrument does Monsieur Follenvie's chest sound like during the card game the first day in Totes?
(a) A drum.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A horn.
(d) An organ.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," who is the "terror of all respectable people"?

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

3. At dinner the first day in Totes, who manifested a lively and tender sympathy for Boule de Suif?

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

5. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.

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