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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the card game the men propose to play after dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) Escarte.
(b) Eleusis.
(c) Eighty-three.
(d) Euchre.

2. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif" who are "scoundrels often brave beyond measure"?
(a) Merchants and nobility.
(b) Pillagers and nobility.
(c) Debauchees and aristocracy.
(d) Pillagers and debauchees.

3. How does Boule de Suif respond to the matrons loud whispers of "hussy" and "public scandal" about her?
(a) She smiles at them.
(b) She casts a challenging look at them.
(c) She casts a hurt look at them.
(d) She bows her head.

4. What does Cornudet notice about Loiseau and his wife as they pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) That they understand German.
(b) That they are atheists.
(c) That they have not returned.
(d) That they are in league to cheat.

5. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that the should persuade Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Loiseau.
(c) The Count.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game?

2. What three people decide NOT to go for a walk in the village neighborhood?

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

4. As the passenger drew together to make their course of action to persuade Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, the ladies were adept at _______phrases and _______subtleties of expression to describe the most ________things.

5. As they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, how did the Count utter several "rather risky witticisms"?

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