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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.
(a) Robes; flags.
(b) Uniforms; flags.
(c) Beards; uniforms.
(d) Robes; beards.

2. What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes?
(a) Fraternizing with the officer's orderly.
(b) Confessing to the priest.
(c) Harnessing the horses.
(d) Arguing with the innkeeper's wife.

3. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are devout Christians.
(b) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.
(c) Because they are very fat.
(d) Because they are disguised as priests.

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

5. The soldiers advanced in what kind of fashion in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Happy.
(b) Listless.
(c) Bizarre.
(d) Productive.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the coach lights the lantern, what hovers over the sweating flanks of the horses and roadside?

2. Why does Boule de Suif refuse Cornudet their first night in Totes?

3. How many passengers are traveling on a coach in "Boule de Suif"?

4. How do the leaders of "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death" behave?

5. After night falls, what does Madame de Breville offer Boule de Suif when the cold makes her shiver in the coach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cornudet respond to the group's celebratory sentiment regarding Boule de Suif's compliance to the Prussian officer's demand, and what is his possible motive?

2. When do the passengers depart from Rouen and why is it significant?

3. How are the provisions the passengers provide in the coach from Totes described, and why is it significant?

4. When the group witnesses the Prussian soldiers carrying out their duties, what does the old man tell them about his experience with the soldiers?

5. How do the other female passengers respond to Boule de Suif's political views in the coach from Rouen and why?

6. Why does Cornudet whistle and hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif"?

7. What does Boule de Suif say to her fellow passengers after reluctantly complying to speak with the Prussian officer who summoned her and why is it significant?

8. What are Cornudet's political views and why are they significant?

9. How do the women on the coach treat Boule de Suif on the first leg of their journey and why is it significant?

10. In watching the Prussian officers carrying out their duties, who prefers to stay at the inn because they are indignant at their friendly interaction and why?

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