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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the coach floor covered with as the passengers take their seats?
(a) Straw.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Wool.
(d) Fur.

2. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif" who are "scoundrels often brave beyond measure"?
(a) Merchants and nobility.
(b) Debauchees and aristocracy.
(c) Pillagers and debauchees.
(d) Pillagers and nobility.

3. 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 disguised as priests.
(c) Because they are very fat.
(d) Because they are devout Christians.

4. What country are the passengers in "Boule de Suif" traveling through on a coach?
(a) Spain.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what are the "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death."
(a) Reformist campaigners.
(b) British dragoon.
(c) Legions of irregulars.
(d) Enlisted men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," who do the members of the National Guard occasionally shoot?

3. The soldiers advanced in what kind of fashion in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

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

5. What kind of soldiers wander through the town in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

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