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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the nuns in "Boule de Suif" spend their time in the coach?
(a) Listening.
(b) Reading.
(c) Praying.
(d) Sleeping.

2. 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!"
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Madame Loiseau.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

3. What "broke forth like a cord that is overstrained" for Boule de Suif in the coach on their trip from Totes?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Joy.
(c) Shame.
(d) Fury.

4. In "Boule de Suif," who alone is authorized to interview the Prussian officer on civil matters?
(a) The servant.
(b) The cook.
(c) Madame Follenvie.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

5. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.
(b) Because they are devout Christians.
(c) Because they are very fat.
(d) Because they are disguised as priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Totes, who appeared only at meals and said nothing about the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?

2. Who declares after they take their seats in the coach for their departure from Totes, "What a mercy I am not sitting beside that creature!"

3. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.

4. What do the nuns partake in at lunch in the coach from Totes?

5. In the coach on their departure from Totes, what is Madame d'Etrelles' two talents that are discussed?

(see the answer key)

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