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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Prussian officer's response to their question about detention on the third day in Totes?

2. What does Loiseau suggest the company should ask the officer after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?

3. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?

4. What powerful argument does the Countess make the most of regarding the Church at dinner the third day in Totes?

5. In the coach on their departure from Totes, who "sat still, lost in thought"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of religion in "Boule de Suif"?

1) How are the nuns portrayed in the story?

2) What is Boule de Suif's relationship to religion?

3) How are sacrifice, forgiveness, and sin discussed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss class in "Boule de Suif."

1) How does class function?

2) How does class impact the characters' in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Food is critical in the story. Discuss how the characters both come together and are divided during meal times.

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