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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Boule de Suif respond to the matrons loud whispers of "hussy" and "public scandal" about her?
(a) She casts a hurt look at them.
(b) She bows her head.
(c) She casts a challenging look at them.
(d) She smiles at them.

2. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?
(a) Boule de Suif and Cornudet.
(b) Comtesse and Comte de Breville.
(c) The two nuns.
(d) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.

3. Why does Cornudet follow Boule de Suif to her room their first night in Totes?
(a) To request she spy on their passengers.
(b) To make sexual advances toward her.
(c) To invite her for a late night supper.
(d) To ask her to speak to the Prussian officer.

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

5. In "Boule de Suif," who is the "terror of all respectable people"?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Boule de Suif.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the nuns in "Boule de Suif" spend their time in the coach?

2. What is the name of the hotel the coach stops in front of when they arrive in Totes?

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.

4. When the coach lights the lantern, what hovers over the sweating flanks of the horses and roadside?

5. The Prussian officer afforded a ______example of that ______bearing which seems natural to the ______soldier.

(see the answer key)

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