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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shrugs in response to being notified about Boule de Suif crying in the coach from Totes?

2. Who states after dinner the third day in Totes, "when women run after uniforms it's all the same to them whether the men who wear them are French or Prussian. It's perfectly sickening!"

3. What is the weather like on their walk in the village neighborhood the second day in Totes?

4. What is the clatter that can be heard in the coach as they make their journey from Totes?

5. On their walk the second day in Totes, who states that they could not "exact so painful a sacrifice from any woman, and that the first move must come from herself"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Corruption is prevalent in occupied France during the Franco-Prussian war.

1) Who benefits from the corrupt political and economic system?

2) Who suffers from corruption?

3) Who abuses power and how?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss dramatic irony in "Boule de Suif."

1) Define dramatic irony.

2) What scenes employ dramatic irony?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss authorial point of view in the story.

1) What are Maupassant's views on his characters?

2) Who does he sympathize with, and why?

3) How does the tone and choice of words reveal the authorial point of view?

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