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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of the story, what do the conquerors exact from the inhabitants of Rouen?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Accolades.
(c) Money.
(d) Transportation.

2. What does the rumor about the Prussians concern in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) That they were about to enter Paris.
(b) That they were about to leave Paris.
(c) That they were about to enter Rouen.
(d) That they were about to leave Rouen.

3. In "Boule de Suif," where do the travelers meet to take their seats in the coach in the morning?
(a) The lobby of Normandie bank.
(b) The main entrance of Normandie park.
(c) The courtyard of Hotel de Normandie.
(d) The garage on Rue Normandie.

4. Why are the married women "utterly humiliated" at being met by the person on their walk the second day?
(a) Because they are in the company of the innkeeper.
(b) Because they are in the company of Cornudet.
(c) Because they are in the company of Boule de Suif.
(d) Because they are in the company of Loiseau.

5. What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game?
(a) Have a glass of milk in the drawing room.
(b) Put my egg-nogg by the fire.
(c) Fetch my slippers before retiring.
(d) Wait up with my sherry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of the story, the vanquished in the city of Rouen realize they had to be civil to whom?

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

4. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that the should persuade Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?

5. What do the rest of the company do after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?

(see the answer key)

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