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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who breaks their jug on the table in indignation at the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Monsieur Follenvie.
(c) Comte de Breville.
(d) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

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

3. In "Boule de Suif," who alone is authorized to interview the Prussian officer on civil matters?
(a) Monsieur Follenvie.
(b) Madame Follenvie.
(c) The servant.
(d) The cook.

4. When the male passengers meet with the Prussian officer after luncheon the first day in Totes, what does he do?
(a) He neither rose nor greeted them, but glanced in their direction.
(b) He neither rose, greeted them, nor even glanced in their direction.
(c) He rose, but neither greeted them, or even glanced in their direction.
(d) He rose, greeted them, and glanced in their direction.

5. When Boule de Suif arrives at the coach from their departure from Totes, why do the tier skirts appear "infected with some deadly disease"?
(a) Because they didn't want to touch Boule de Suif.
(b) Because Boule de Suif's son died from disease.
(c) Because they were infected with disease.
(d) Because they weren't laundered before departure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Boule de Suif's real name?

2. How does Boule de Suif appear on their final morning in Totes?

3. What is the subject Monsieur Carre-Lamadon is discussing with his companion in the coach from Totes?

4. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?

5. How does the person who suddenly appears at the end of the street acknowledge the passengers?

(see the answer key)

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