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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they discuss the Prussian officer on the third day in Totes, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon's eyes glisten and her face grow pale?
(a) Because she is imagining the officer tenderly embracing her.
(b) Because she is imagining the officer abducting her.
(c) Because she is imagining the officer laying his violent hands on her.
(d) Because she is imagining the officer proposing marriage to her.

2. What country are the passengers in "Boule de Suif" traveling through on a coach?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

3. Who shrugs in response to being notified about Boule de Suif crying in the coach from Totes?
(a) Comtess de Breville.
(b) Cornudet.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Comte de Breville.

4. What is the reason the Prussian officer gives the male passengers about refusing to start on their journey to Dieppe?
(a) He doesn't offer one.
(b) The provisions have run out.
(c) He can't find the coach driver.
(d) The weather is too treacherous.

5. Who "remained apart from the rest, taking no share in the plot" of persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian.
(a) Loiseau.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Monsieur Follenvie.
(d) Cornudet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends the Prussian officer a card on which Monsieur Carre-Lamadon inscribes his name and titles?

2. What is the metaphor Maupassant uses to describe the course of action the passengers take in persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?

3. What is the description given of the person who chuckles at Boule de Suif's crying in the coach from Totes?

4. In "Boule de Suif," who has the best seats in the coach?

5. What does Boule de Suif remember about their trip to Totes in the coach departing from it?

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