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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Boule de Suif" is set during which war?
(a) Napoleonic.
(b) WWI.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Franco-Prussian.

2. What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes?
(a) Arguing with the innkeeper's wife.
(b) Fraternizing with the officer's orderly.
(c) Harnessing the horses.
(d) Confessing to the priest.

3. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?
(a) Boule de Suif and Cornudet.
(b) Comtesse and Comte de Breville.
(c) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) The two nuns.

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

5. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?
(a) 1671.
(b) 1771.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the leaders of "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death" behave?

2. What do the coach passengers do to pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what are the "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death."

4. According to the coach driver, what does he tell the male passengers who have been looking for him the morning of the first day in Totes that he is forbidden to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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