Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Nice

Montsou

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

His pride

His infidelity

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

Maigrat

Zacharie

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

Chaval

Bonnemort

Maheu
5 How many children do the Maheus have?
8

10

9

7
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?
Mouquette

Cecile

Philomene

Madame Hennebeau
7 Who kills Chaval?
Jeanlin

Zacharie

Henri

Etienne
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?
Feudal

Capitalist

Anarchist

Marxist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?
Belgian

English

Russian

Bulgarian
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'Savage

L'Pensee

L'Eccole

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

Catherine

Mouquette

Maheude
13 Who sabotages the mine at the end of the story?
Maheu

Souvarine

Deneulin

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

Lydie and Bebert

Levaque and Chaval

Maheu and Maheude
15 What is the name of the Gregoires’ daughter?
Jeanne

Desire

Catherine

Cecile
16 How does Alzire die?
Of congestion

Of polio

Of malaria

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

Carman

Engine man

Manager
18 What does Bonnemort mean?
Deadly anger

Bad omen

Final jest

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

40 sous

30 sous

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

Jacques

Jules

Claude
21 How does Maheu die?
He is poisoned.

He is shot by a soldier.

He is pushed off a cliff.

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

Black

White

Brown
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?
Molesting children

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

Eating cow dung

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

Etienne

Dansaert

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

As oppressed

As sexual predators

As the enlightened poor

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