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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the coach lights the lantern, what hovers over the sweating flanks of the horses and roadside?
(a) A dense fog.
(b) A cloud of vapor.
(c) A light mist.
(d) A shadow of moonlight.

2. In "Boule de Suif," why could no one mention Loiseau's name without adding that he was an "extraordinary man"?
(a) Because of his excellent wine.
(b) Because of his fortune.
(c) Because of his practical jokes.
(d) Because of his gorgeous wife.

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.
(a) Beards; uniforms.
(b) Uniforms; flags.
(c) Robes; flags.
(d) Robes; beards.

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

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) Enlisted men.
(d) Legions of irregulars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rumor about the Prussians concern in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

2. In the coach, who does Cornudet revile that makes Boule de Suif become indignant?

3. How many passengers are traveling on a coach in "Boule de Suif"?

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

5. At the beginning of the story, the vanquished in the city of Rouen realize they had to be civil to whom?

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