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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the coach lights the lantern, what hovers over the sweating flanks of the horses and roadside?
(a) A light mist.
(b) A cloud of vapor.
(c) A shadow of moonlight.
(d) A dense fog.

2. What is NOT one of the reasons the coach passengers discuss in the kitchen after the meeting with the Prussian officer the first day in Totes?
(a) They were to be extradited as prisoners of war.
(b) They were being held because of Boule de Suif.
(c) They were being held hostage.
(d) They were to be held for ransom.

3. What does Boule de Suif stammer when she returns from her meeting with Prussian officer when they first arrive in Totes?
(a) "Oh, the rascal, the rascal!"
(b) "Oh, the coward, the coward!"
(c) "Oh, the hero, the hero!"
(d) "Oh, the scoundrel! The scoundrel!"

4. The soldiers advanced in what kind of fashion in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Listless.
(c) Bizarre.
(d) Productive.

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the anguish of _______made men even desire the arrival of the________ .
(a) Knowledge; enemy.
(b) Knowledge; allies.
(c) Suspense; allies.
(d) Suspense; enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends the Prussian officer a card on which Monsieur Carre-Lamadon inscribes his name and titles?

2. Who does Loiseau fancy he sees receive a noiseless blow in the dark in the coach?

3. In "Boule de Suif," who has the best seats in the coach?

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

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what kind of soldiers are NOT wandering through the town?

(see the answer key)

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