Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

1 What is the name of the town in which the events of the story mainly take place?

Lyon

Montsou

Nice

Paris
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?

His pride

His infidelity

His weight

His angry drunkenness
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?

Etienne

Chaval

Zacharie

Maigrat
4 Who does Etienne first meet when he arrives at Montsou?

Maheu

Bonnemort

Levaque

Chaval
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

9

10

7

8
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Mouquette

Cecile

Philomene

Madame Hennebeau
7 Who kills Chaval?

Henri

Etienne

Zacharie

Jeanlin
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Marxist

Capitalist

Feudal

Anarchist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

Bulgarian

Russian

English

Belgian
10 How old is Catherine at the beginning of the story?

18

16

17

15
11 What is the name of the tavern that Rasseneur runs?

L'Eccole

L'Savage

L'Pensee

L'Avantage
12 Who does Etienne make love to in the mines?

Maheude

Philomene

Catherine

Mouquette
13 Who sabotages the mine at the end of the story?

Chaval

Deneulin

Maheu

Souvarine
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?

Levaque and Chaval

Maheu and Maheude

Lydie and Bebert

Etienne and Zacharie
15 What is the name of the Gregoires’ daughter?

Jeanne

Cecile

Catherine

Desire
16 How does Alzire die?

Of cold and hunger

Of polio

Of malaria

Of congestion
17 What is Bonnemort’s job presently?

Carman

Pikeman

Manager

Engine man
18 What does Bonnemort mean?

Deadly anger

Good death

Final jest

Bad omen
19 How much does Jeanlin earn in a day as a pit worker?

40 sous

50 sous

20 sous

30 sous
20 What is the name of the soldier Jeanlin kills?

Michel

Jacques

Claude

Jules
21 How does Maheu die?

He is pushed off a cliff.

He is poisoned.

He dies of old age.

He is shot by a soldier.
22 What is the color of Lenore Maheu’s hair?

Brown

Black

Light yellow

White
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?

Molesting children

Defiling graves

Eating cow dung

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement
24 Who does Madame Hennebeau have an affair with?

Negrel

Deneulin

Dansaert

Etienne
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?

As sexual predators

As the enlightened poor

As brutes who are illiterate and undeserving of the things they demand

As oppressed

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