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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the afternoon their second day in Totes, who proposes the passengers go for a walk in the village neighborhood?

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

3. What "broke forth like a cord that is overstrained" for Boule de Suif in the coach on their trip from Totes?

4. What three people decide NOT to go for a walk in the village neighborhood?

5. Where did Loiseau get the object he takes out in the coach on their departure from Totes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conflict in "Boule de Suif."

1) What is the conflict between Boule de Suif and society?

2) What is the conflict between Boule de Suif, the other passengers, and the Prussian officer?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss dramatic irony in "Boule de Suif."

1) Define dramatic irony.

2) What scenes employ dramatic irony?

Essay Topic 3

Language is a powerful tool in the story. Choose 2 scenes and discuss how language is used to manipulate, convince, lecture, flatter, and/or demean Boule de Suif.

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