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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the passengers return from their walk on the second day in Totes, why do the exchange sharp words over the "merest trifles"?

3. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.

4. What kind of pies does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach for lunch on their departure from Totes?

5. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that the should persuade Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss dramatic irony in "Boule de Suif."

1) Define dramatic irony.

2) What scenes employ dramatic irony?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Boule de Suif and Cornudet.

1) What makes them outsiders in the story and why?

2) Who is more or less sympathetic and why?

3) Who has more power and why?

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