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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Labor.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Sport.
(d) War.

2. On the third day the passengers are in Totes, why are the ladies pleasant to Boule de Suif until lunch time?
(a) To increase her confidence and make her suspect their advice.
(b) To increase her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.
(c) To decrease her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.
(d) To decrease her confidence and make her suspect their advice.

3. In the afternoon their second day in Totes, who proposes the passengers go for a walk in the village neighborhood?
(a) The nuns.
(b) The Count.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) The Prussian officer.

4. Why does the person who appears suddenly at the end of the street on the second day in Totes walk with in a peculiar motion with knees apart?
(a) So as not to soil their boots.
(b) So as not to appear bored.
(c) So as not to appear defeated.
(d) So as not to soil their overcoat.

5. As they talked on their walk the second day in Totes, what is the prevailing feeling among the women?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Constraint.

6. Where did Loiseau get the object he takes out in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) The inn in Rouen.
(b) The inn in Paris.
(c) The inn in Marseille.
(d) The inn in Totes.

7. What do the nuns partake in at lunch in the coach from Totes?
(a) Bread.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Pie.

8. 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 abducting her.
(b) Because she is imagining the officer tenderly embracing her.
(c) Because she is imagining the officer proposing marriage to her.
(d) Because she is imagining the officer laying his violent hands on her.

9. What kind of pies does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach for lunch on their departure from Totes?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Vegetable.
(c) Game.
(d) Chocolate.

10. On their final morning in Totes, what are the passengers doing while they wait for Boule de Suif?
(a) Putting up provisions for the remainder of the journey.
(b) Cleaning out their rooms for the next guests.
(c) Waiting by the fireplace with blankets for the trip.
(d) Dining at the village cafe with the coach driver.

11. When the ladies talk about the Prussian soldier on their walk the second day, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon state that she regrets the soldier is not a Frenchman?
(a) Because he would have made a handome hussar.
(b) Because he would have set them free.
(c) Because he would have been a kind husband.
(d) Because he would have been more generous.

12. What powerful argument does the Countess make the most of regarding the Church at dinner the third day in Totes?
(a) That the Church doesn't pardon crimes even when they are done for the glory of God or good of mankind
(b) That the Church readily pardons crimes when they are done for the glory of God or good of mankind.
(c) That the Church sometimes pardons crimes even if they are not done for the glory of God or the good of mankind.
(d) That the Church will not pardon crimes that are not done for the glory of God or the good of mankind.

13. What is the weather like on their walk in the village neighborhood the second day in Totes?
(a) Hot.
(b) Mild.
(c) Warm.
(d) Cold.

14. On their walk the second day in Totes, what do the ladies discuss as the men talk of war?
(a) Literature.
(b) Children.
(c) Dress.
(d) Food.

15. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?
(a) Cool.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Boule de Suif arrives at the coach for their departure from Totes, how does Madame Carre-Lamadon respond to her greeting?

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

3. When Boule de Suif arrives at the coach from their departure from Totes, why do the tier skirts appear "infected with some deadly disease"?

4. What is the name of the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif"?

5. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.

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