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 weight

His pride

His infidelity

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

Zacharie

Chaval

Etienne

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

Maheu

Chaval

Levaque

Bonnemort
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

8

7

9

10
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Madame Hennebeau

Cecile

Mouquette

Philomene
7 Who kills Chaval?

Jeanlin

Henri

Zacharie

Etienne
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Feudal

Capitalist

Anarchist

Marxist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

Bulgarian

English

Russian

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

17

18

16

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

L'Pensee

L'Savage

L'Avantage

L'Eccole
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?

Maheu

Chaval

Deneulin

Souvarine
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?

Maheu and Maheude

Etienne and Zacharie

Levaque and Chaval

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

Jeanne

Catherine

Cecile

Desire
16 How does Alzire die?

Of malaria

Of polio

Of congestion

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

Carman

Manager

Engine man

Pikeman
18 What does Bonnemort mean?

Final jest

Bad omen

Good death

Deadly anger
19 How much does Jeanlin earn in a day as a pit worker?

40 sous

30 sous

20 sous

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

Michel

Jules

Claude

Jacques
21 How does Maheu die?

He dies of old age.

He is poisoned.

He is pushed off a cliff.

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

White

Brown

Light yellow

Black
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?

Deneulin

Dansaert

Etienne

Negrel
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?

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

As sexual predators

As oppressed

As the enlightened poor

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