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 pride

His weight

His angry drunkenness

His infidelity
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?

Chaval

Etienne

Maigrat

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

Bonnemort

Maheu

Chaval

Levaque
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

9

10

7

8
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Mouquette

Madame Hennebeau

Philomene

Cecile
7 Who kills Chaval?

Henri

Jeanlin

Zacharie

Etienne
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Anarchist

Feudal

Marxist

Capitalist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

Belgian

Bulgarian

English

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

18

15

16

17
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?

Catherine

Maheude

Philomene

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

Maheu

Chaval

Souvarine

Deneulin
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?

Lydie and Bebert

Maheu and Maheude

Etienne and Zacharie

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

Jeanne

Catherine

Cecile

Desire
16 How does Alzire die?

Of congestion

Of malaria

Of polio

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

Manager

Engine man

Pikeman

Carman
18 What does Bonnemort mean?

Good death

Final jest

Deadly anger

Bad omen
19 How much does Jeanlin earn in a day as a pit worker?

40 sous

50 sous

30 sous

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

Claude

Jacques

Jules

Michel
21 How does Maheu die?

He dies of old age.

He is pushed off a cliff.

He is shot by a soldier.

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

White

Black

Brown

Light yellow
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

Eating cow dung

Defiling graves

Molesting children
24 Who does Madame Hennebeau have an affair with?

Negrel

Deneulin

Dansaert

Etienne
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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