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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif" about?
(a) Poetic beauty and divine right of nature.
(b) Longing for the past and hope for tomorrow.
(c) Romantic illusion and first heartbreak.
(d) Love for one's country and fighting for freedom.

2. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?
(a) In the best room.
(b) In the back room.
(c) In the front room.
(d) In a modest room.

3. What do the rest of the company do after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?
(a) Drew their chairs together to decide on some course of action.
(b) Drew their chairs together in order to play a game of cards.
(c) Drew their chairs together to decide what to have for dinner.
(d) Drew their chairs together for to recite Bible passages.

4. In the coach, who does Cornudet revile that makes Boule de Suif become indignant?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Charles X.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Louis-Napoleon.

5. According to the passengers during lunch the second day of Totes, what step would have been of "little consequence" to Boule de Suif?
(a) If she had not sought out the innkeeper.
(b) If she had not sought out the Prussian.
(c) If she had sought out the innkeeper.
(d) If she had sought out the Prussian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the afternoon their second day in Totes, who proposes the passengers go for a walk in the village neighborhood?

2. Where did Loiseau get the object he takes out in the coach on their departure from Totes?

3. Who is talking to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon as the ladies discuss Madame d'Etrelles in the coach from Totes?

4. As the passenger drew together to make their course of action to persuade Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, the ladies were adept at _______phrases and _______subtleties of expression to describe the most ________things.

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what happens to the National Guards' arms, uniforms, and death dealing paraphernalia?

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