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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What powerful argument does the Countess make the most of regarding the Church at dinner the third day in Totes?
(a) That the Church will not pardon crimes that are not done for the glory of God or the good of mankind.
(b) That the Church readily pardons crimes when they are done for the glory of God or good of mankind.
(c) That the Church doesn't pardon crimes even when they are done for the glory of God or good of mankind
(d) That the Church sometimes pardons crimes even if they are not done for the glory of God or the good of mankind.

2. In the coach on their departure from Totes, what is Madame d'Etrelles' two talents that are discussed?
(a) Singing; cooking.
(b) Drawing; singing.
(c) Cooking; gardening.
(d) Gardening; drawing.

3. According to the narrator, who feels affection for the "pomp and circumstance of despotic government"?
(a) Most men.
(b) Some men.
(c) All women.
(d) Few women.

4. In the morning of the first day in Totes, what two people does Cornudet listen to forecast the future of France, one advocating the Orleans dynasty, the other an unknown savior?
(a) Comte de Breville and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Loiseau and Comte de Breville.
(c) Comtess de Breville and Loiseau.
(d) Boule de Suif and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

5. What is the Prussian officer's response to their question about detention on the third day in Totes?
(a) He required Monsieur Follenvie to return with money.
(b) He told Monsieur Follenvie that he would agree.
(c) He showed Monsieur Follenvie the door.
(d) He asked Monsieur Follenvie to fetch the men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Monsieur Follenvie to "Kindly tell the scoundrel, that carrion of a Prussian, that I will never consent"?

2. What do boat-men and fishermen often haul to the surface in "Boule de Suif"?

3. Who kept "suddenly busy" after Boule de Suif greets Madame Carre-Lamadon in the coach from Totes?

4. 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!"

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

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