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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. Who declares at dinner the first day in Totes that the Prussians behaved liked "ancient barbarians"?
(a) Loiseau.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Boule de Suif.

2. How do the leaders of "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death" behave?
(a) As though they alone bore the fortunes of dying France on their braggart shoulders.
(b) As though they alone bore the fortunes of the birth of Germany on their humble shoulders.
(c) As though they alone bore the fortunes of the birth of France on their humble shoulders.
(d) As though they alone bore the fortunes of dying Germany on their braggart shoulders.

3. Retiring after supper on their first night in Totes, Loiseau puts his eye to the bedroom keyhole in order to discover the ________of the corridor.
(a) Apparitions.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) Truths.
(d) Inhabitants.

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

5. According to the servant, why does Monsieur Follenvie never rise before ten o'clock?
(a) Because of his migraines.
(b) Because of his insomnia.
(c) Because of his depression.
(d) Because of his asthma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boule de Suif stammer when she returns from her meeting with Prussian officer when they first arrive in Totes?

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. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?

4. What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes?

5. According to the narrator, who feels affection for the "pomp and circumstance of despotic government"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Madame Loiseau mean when she remarks to her husband on their way to bed regarding Madame Carre-Lamadon that she "laughed on the wrong side of her mouth all evening"?

3. Why does Loiseau take off his watch chain in the kitchen as the coach passengers discuss the Prussian officer's motives, and how is it significant?

4. In contrast to the other passengers, what does Boule de Suif realize in the coach departing Totes about the comprising situation they put her in?

5. What are the citizens of Rouen anticipating in the beginning of "Boule de Suif" and how does the atmosphere in the city influence its inhabitants?

6. When the passengers congregate in the kitchen to discuss the Prussian's motives for detaining them the first day, what are their assumptions and how are they significant?

7. 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?

8. How does Madame Carre-Lamadon describe the Prussian officer and what does it signify?

9. What examples of women who have arrested the victorious progress of the conquerors do the passengers give Boule de Suif in order to persuade her to sleep with the Prussian officer and why is it significant?

10. How do the other passengers respond to Boule de Suif the morning of their departure from Totes, and how is it significant?

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