Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Paris

Lyon

Nice
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?
His weight

His infidelity

His pride

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

Etienne

Maigrat

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

Maheu

Levaque

Bonnemort
5 How many children do the Maheus have?
10

7

9

8
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?
Madame Hennebeau

Philomene

Mouquette

Cecile
7 Who kills Chaval?
Etienne

Jeanlin

Henri

Zacharie
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?
Marxist

Capitalist

Feudal

Anarchist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?
Bulgarian

Russian

Belgian

English
10 How old is Catherine at the beginning of the story?
16

17

18

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

L'Avantage

L'Pensee

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

Maheude

Catherine

Philomene
13 Who sabotages the mine at the end of the story?
Deneulin

Maheu

Chaval

Souvarine
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?
Etienne and Zacharie

Maheu and Maheude

Levaque and Chaval

Lydie and Bebert
15 What is the name of the Gregoires’ daughter?
Cecile

Jeanne

Catherine

Desire
16 How does Alzire die?
Of congestion

Of cold and hunger

Of malaria

Of polio
17 What is Bonnemort’s job presently?
Pikeman

Manager

Carman

Engine man
18 What does Bonnemort mean?
Bad omen

Deadly anger

Good death

Final jest
19 How much does Jeanlin earn in a day as a pit worker?
20 sous

50 sous

30 sous

40 sous
20 What is the name of the soldier Jeanlin kills?
Michel

Jacques

Jules

Claude
21 How does Maheu die?
He dies of old age.

He is pushed off a cliff.

He is shot by a soldier.

He is poisoned.
22 What is the color of Lenore Maheu’s hair?
Brown

White

Black

Light yellow
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?
Molesting children

Eating cow dung

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

Defiling graves
24 Who does Madame Hennebeau have an affair with?
Deneulin

Dansaert

Negrel

Etienne
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?
As brutes who are illiterate and undeserving of the things they demand

As sexual predators

As the enlightened poor

As oppressed

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