Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Paris

Nice

Lyon

Montsou
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?

His pride

His infidelity

His angry drunkenness

His weight
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?

Zacharie

Etienne

Chaval

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

Maheu

Levaque

Bonnemort

Chaval
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

8

9

10

7
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Madame Hennebeau

Cecile

Philomene

Mouquette
7 Who kills Chaval?

Jeanlin

Zacharie

Etienne

Henri
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Feudal

Capitalist

Marxist

Anarchist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

Bulgarian

English

Belgian

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

15

18

17

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

L'Eccole

L'Savage

L'Avantage

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

Philomene

Maheude

Mouquette

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

Chaval

Deneulin

Maheu

Souvarine
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?

Lydie and Bebert

Levaque and Chaval

Etienne and Zacharie

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

Catherine

Jeanne

Cecile

Desire
16 How does Alzire die?

Of cold and hunger

Of polio

Of malaria

Of congestion
17 What is Bonnemort’s job presently?

Manager

Engine man

Pikeman

Carman
18 What does Bonnemort mean?

Deadly anger

Good death

Bad omen

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

20 sous

30 sous

40 sous

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

Claude

Michel

Jules

Jacques
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?

Light yellow

White

Brown

Black
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?

Molesting children

Eating cow dung

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

Defiling graves
24 Who does Madame Hennebeau have an affair with?

Negrel

Deneulin

Dansaert

Etienne
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?

As the enlightened poor

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

As sexual predators

As oppressed

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