Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Montsou

Paris

Lyon
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?
His pride

His angry drunkenness

His weight

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

Maigrat

Etienne

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

Levaque

Chaval

Bonnemort
5 How many children do the Maheus have?
8

9

7

10
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?
Madame Hennebeau

Cecile

Mouquette

Philomene
7 Who kills Chaval?
Henri

Etienne

Jeanlin

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

Marxist

Feudal

Capitalist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?
Belgian

English

Bulgarian

Russian
10 How old is Catherine at the beginning of the story?
17

15

16

18
11 What is the name of the tavern that Rasseneur runs?
L'Pensee

L'Avantage

L'Savage

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

Philomene

Mouquette

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

Souvarine

Maheu

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

Levaque and Chaval

Lydie and Bebert

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

Catherine

Jeanne

Cecile
16 How does Alzire die?
Of congestion

Of polio

Of cold and hunger

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

Carman

Engine man

Manager
18 What does Bonnemort mean?
Deadly anger

Bad omen

Good death

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

20 sous

40 sous

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

Claude

Jules

Michel
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?
Brown

Black

White

Light yellow
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?
Molesting children

Defiling graves

Eating cow dung

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement
24 Who does Madame Hennebeau have an affair with?
Negrel

Dansaert

Deneulin

Etienne
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?
As the enlightened poor

As sexual predators

As oppressed

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

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