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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," who is the "terror of all respectable people"?
(a) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) Comte de Breville.
(d) Cornudet.

2. In "Boule de Suif," who has the best seats in the coach?
(a) Comte and Comtesse Hubert de Breville.
(b) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Two Nuns.
(d) Monsieur and Madame Loiseau.

3. 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?
(a) They were to be held for ransom.
(b) They were being held because of Boule de Suif.
(c) They were being held hostage.
(d) They were to be extradited as prisoners of war.

4. What instrument does Monsieur Follenvie's chest sound like during the card game the first day in Totes?
(a) A drum.
(b) An organ.
(c) A horn.
(d) A guitar.

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what kind of soldiers are NOT wandering through the town?
(a) Artillerymen.
(b) Retired.
(c) Volunteers.
(d) Enlisted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Retiring after supper on their first night in Totes, Loiseau puts his eye to the bedroom keyhole in order to discover the ________of the corridor.

2. What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes?

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

4. Why does the four-horse coach decide to leave on Tuesday morning before daybreak?

5. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?

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