Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Lyon

Nice

Montsou
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?
His angry drunkenness

His infidelity

His weight

His pride
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?
Zacharie

Chaval

Maigrat

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

Bonnemort

Levaque

Chaval
5 How many children do the Maheus have?
8

10

7

9
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?
Philomene

Madame Hennebeau

Cecile

Mouquette
7 Who kills Chaval?
Jeanlin

Henri

Etienne

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

Feudal

Anarchist

Capitalist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?
English

Bulgarian

Russian

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'Pensee

L'Eccole

L'Savage

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

Mouquette

Maheude

Catherine
13 Who sabotages the mine at the end of the story?
Chaval

Maheu

Souvarine

Deneulin
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?
Levaque and Chaval

Lydie and Bebert

Maheu and Maheude

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

Desire

Catherine

Cecile
16 How does Alzire die?
Of malaria

Of polio

Of congestion

Of cold and hunger
17 What is Bonnemort’s job presently?
Engine man

Carman

Manager

Pikeman
18 What does Bonnemort mean?
Bad omen

Deadly anger

Final jest

Good death
19 How much does Jeanlin earn in a day as a pit worker?
50 sous

30 sous

40 sous

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

Jacques

Jules

Claude
21 How does Maheu die?
He is pushed off a cliff.

He is poisoned.

He is shot by a soldier.

He dies of old age.
22 What is the color of Lenore Maheu’s hair?
Brown

Black

Light yellow

White
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?
Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

Molesting children

Eating cow dung

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

Deneulin

Dansaert

Etienne
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?
As oppressed

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

As the enlightened poor

As sexual predators

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