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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many hours has the coach been on the road for when they see the lights glimmer from Totes?
2. In "Boule de Suif," who is the "terror of all respectable people"?
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.
4. At the beginning of the story, the vanquished in the city of Rouen realize they had to be civil to whom?
5. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens once the Prussians arrive in Rouen and why is it significant?
2. What are Cornudet's political views and why are they significant?
3. How do the passengers react to the coach finally being ready the day after Boule de Suif agrees to sleep with the Prussian officer, and what does it mean?
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 word does Boule de Suif use to describe to the other coach passengers the Prussian officer's intentions toward her and how is it significant?
6. What is the reaction among the passengers when Monsieur Follenvie comes in to inquire about whether Elisabeth Rousset has changed her mind?
7. What does Madame Loiseau remark to her husband in the coach the morning of their departure from Totes, and what does it signify?
8. What is significant about the men's conversation when they meet at the coach before daybreak?
9. How does the Prussian officer respond to the male passenger's inquiries about his refusal to let them depart and how is it significant?
10. How does the countess use the old nun to manipulate Boule de Suif into considering sleeping with the Prussian officer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the psychology of occupation during the Franco-Prussian war.
1) How do the citizens cope with occupation?
2) How do the German soldiers behave in the cities they occupy?
3) How doe the French soldiers behave in Rouen?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Boule de Suif's betrayal in the story. Who betrays her and why?
Essay Topic 3
Compare & contrast Cornudet and the Prussian officer.
1) What are the similarities in their treatment of Boule de Suif?
2) What are the differences in their treatment of Boule de Suif?
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