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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men search for in the farmhouses beside the road that they cannot find in "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Toilets.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

3. What port city do the merchants in Rouen have business in and have to reach, despite being occupied by the Germans?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Havre.

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

5. What kind of soldiers wander through the town in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Triumphant.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Defeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Loiseau fancy he sees receive a noiseless blow in the dark in the coach?

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

3. In the beginning of the story, what do the conquerors exact from the inhabitants of Rouen?

4. At three o'clock, what does Boule de Suif remove from an enormous dish in the story?

5. How do the nuns in "Boule de Suif" spend their time in the coach?

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