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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the morning of their first day in Totes, where do the male passengers find the coach driver?
(a) In the village cafe.
(b) In the hotel lobby.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the stable.

2. According to the coach driver, who gave him command the morning of the first day in Totes?
(a) Monsieur Follenvie.
(b) Madame Follenvie.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Cornudet.

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

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

5. At the beginning of the story, the vanquished in the city of Rouen realize they had to be civil to whom?
(a) Their conquerors.
(b) Their family.
(c) Their allies.
(d) Their peers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the group of passengers urge Boule de Suif to speak to the Prussian officer when they first arrive in Totes?

2. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?

3. As "Boule de Suif" opens, how many days have the soldiers wandered through town?

4. The Prussian officer who often dined at the same table with the family, expressed sympathy with __________.

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."

(see the answer key)

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