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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.
(a) Little; some.
(b) Much; little.
(c) Little; much.
(d) Some; much.

2. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are devout Christians.
(b) Because they are disguised as priests.
(c) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.
(d) Because they are very fat.

3. In the morning of the first day in Totes, what two people does Cornudet listen to forecast the future of France, one advocating the Orleans dynasty, the other an unknown savior?
(a) Comte de Breville and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Comtess de Breville and Loiseau.
(c) Loiseau and Comte de Breville.
(d) Boule de Suif and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

4. What does the rumor about the Prussians concern in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) That they were about to leave Paris.
(b) That they were about to enter Rouen.
(c) That they were about to leave Rouen.
(d) That they were about to enter Paris.

5. Why does Boule de Suif refuse Cornudet their first night in Totes?
(a) Because she would not suffer to dine with a loathsome companion.
(b) Because she would not suffer to speak to the enemy.
(c) Because she would not suffer to spy on her neighbors.
(d) Because she would not suffer to be caressed with the enemy nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," where do the travelers meet to take their seats in the coach in the morning?

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

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

4. What does Cornudet have that he offers to his neighbors in the coach on the way to Totes?

5. Who declares at dinner the first day in Totes that the Prussians behaved liked "ancient barbarians"?

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