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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Prussian officer afforded a ______example of that ______bearing which seems natural to the ______soldier.
(a) Fine; insolent; victorious.
(b) Poor; insolent; defeated.
(c) Poor; hospitable; defeated.
(d) Fine; hospitable; victorious.

2. In the morning of their first day in Totes, what do the male passengers see the Prussian soldiers doing in the town square while looking for the coach driver?
(a) Stockpiling weapons and provisions.
(b) Helping the women with household chores.
(c) Burying the dead and attending to the wounded.
(d) Practicing drills for the next battle.

3. Who faints from hunger after the odor of food permeates the coach in the story?
(a) The old nun.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) Comtesse de Breville
(d) Madame Carre-Lamadon.

4. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the anguish of _______made men even desire the arrival of the________ .
(a) Knowledge; allies.
(b) Suspense; enemy.
(c) Suspense; allies.
(d) Knowledge; enemy.

5. The Prussian officer who often dined at the same table with the family, expressed sympathy with __________.
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) United States.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Monsieur Follenvie announce about the Prussian officer as the passengers are about to sit down to dinner the first day in Totes?

2. What is NOT one of the reasons the coach passengers discuss in the kitchen after the meeting with the Prussian officer the first day in Totes?

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

4. As they begin to share the provisions Boule de Suif offers, what do they talk about?

5. According to the narrator, who feels affection for the "pomp and circumstance of despotic government"?

(see the answer key)

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