Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Lyon

Paris

Nice

Montsou
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?

His weight

His infidelity

His angry drunkenness

His pride
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?

Zacharie

Chaval

Etienne

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

Bonnemort

Maheu

Levaque

Chaval
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

9

7

8

10
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Philomene

Mouquette

Madame Hennebeau

Cecile
7 Who kills Chaval?

Etienne

Zacharie

Henri

Jeanlin
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Feudal

Capitalist

Anarchist

Marxist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

English

Russian

Bulgarian

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

18

16

15

17
11 What is the name of the tavern that Rasseneur runs?

L'Savage

L'Eccole

L'Pensee

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

Catherine

Philomene

Mouquette

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

Maheu

Chaval

Deneulin

Souvarine
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?

Maheu and Maheude

Lydie and Bebert

Etienne and Zacharie

Levaque and Chaval
15 What is the name of the Gregoires’ daughter?

Cecile

Catherine

Desire

Jeanne
16 How does Alzire die?

Of malaria

Of polio

Of congestion

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

Carman

Engine man

Pikeman

Manager
18 What does Bonnemort mean?

Good death

Bad omen

Final jest

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

30 sous

50 sous

40 sous

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

Claude

Jacques

Michel

Jules
21 How does Maheu die?

He is pushed off a cliff.

He is shot by a soldier.

He dies of old age.

He is poisoned.
22 What is the color of Lenore Maheu’s hair?

White

Light yellow

Brown

Black
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

Molesting children

Defiling graves

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

Etienne

Negrel

Deneulin

Dansaert
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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