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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What settles on the city of Rouen in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) A howling wind and united front.
(b) A flurry of activity and sudden expectation.
(c) A profound calm and silent dread.
(d) A dense fog and quiet anticipation.

2. According to the narrator, who feels affection for the "pomp and circumstance of despotic government"?
(a) All women.
(b) Most men.
(c) Few women.
(d) Some men.

3. At luncheon the first day in Totes, who appears ill and worried as they dine?
(a) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) The nuns.
(c) Boule de Suif.
(d) Madame Loiseau.

4. According to the coach driver, what does he tell the male passengers who have been looking for him the morning of the first day in Totes that he is forbidden to do?
(a) Discuss politics.
(b) Attend confession.
(c) Harness the horses.
(d) Fraternize with them.

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

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

7. 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) Loiseau and Comte de Breville.
(b) Comte de Breville and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Comtess de Breville and Loiseau.
(d) Boule de Suif and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

8. Who sends the Prussian officer a card on which Monsieur Carre-Lamadon inscribes his name and titles?
(a) Loiseau.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) Comte de Breville.
(d) Madame Follenvie.

9. What object does Cornudet use that is described as "admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth"?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A jug.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A wallet.

10. Why does Cornudet follow Boule de Suif to her room their first night in Totes?
(a) To request she spy on their passengers.
(b) To invite her for a late night supper.
(c) To make sexual advances toward her.
(d) To ask her to speak to the Prussian officer.

11. What do the coach passengers do to pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) Walk to town.
(b) Recite scripture.
(c) Play cards.
(d) Read the paper.

12. What port city do the merchants in Rouen have business in and have to reach, despite being occupied by the Germans?
(a) Havre.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) Vienna.

13. In "Boule de Suif," who is a king in the cotton trade with a much younger wife?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Monsieur de Suif.
(c) Comte Hubert de Breville.
(d) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

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

15. 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 weather is too treacherous.
(c) He can't find the coach driver.
(d) The provisions have run out.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.

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

3. In "Boule de Suif," how do the men speak of money matters in the coach?

4. What instrument does Monsieur Follenvie's chest sound like during the card game the first day in Totes?

5. What is the word that no one is shocked to hear about the Prussian officer's request?

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