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

Nice

Lyon
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?

His angry drunkenness

His weight

His pride

His infidelity
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?

Etienne

Zacharie

Maigrat

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

Bonnemort

Maheu

Chaval

Levaque
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

8

7

9

10
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Philomene

Mouquette

Madame Hennebeau

Cecile
7 Who kills Chaval?

Zacharie

Jeanlin

Henri

Etienne
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Capitalist

Marxist

Feudal

Anarchist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

Belgian

Bulgarian

English

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

15

17

18

16
11 What is the name of the tavern that Rasseneur runs?

L'Savage

L'Pensee

L'Avantage

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

Maheude

Mouquette

Philomene

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

Chaval

Souvarine

Deneulin

Maheu
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?

Desire

Jeanne

Catherine

Cecile
16 How does Alzire die?

Of congestion

Of polio

Of malaria

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

Engine man

Carman

Manager

Pikeman
18 What does Bonnemort mean?

Deadly anger

Final jest

Good death

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?

Jules

Michel

Jacques

Claude
21 How does Maheu die?

He is poisoned.

He is shot by a soldier.

He dies of old age.

He is pushed off a cliff.
22 What is the color of Lenore Maheu’s hair?

Light yellow

Black

Brown

White
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?

Defiling graves

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

Molesting children

Eating cow dung
24 Who does Madame Hennebeau have an affair with?

Dansaert

Deneulin

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 oppressed

As the enlightened poor

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