Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Paris

Montsou

Lyon

Nice
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?

His pride

His angry drunkenness

His infidelity

His weight
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?

Zacharie

Etienne

Chaval

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

Bonnemort

Levaque

Chaval

Maheu
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

9

8

7

10
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Cecile

Madame Hennebeau

Philomene

Mouquette
7 Who kills Chaval?

Etienne

Henri

Jeanlin

Zacharie
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Anarchist

Capitalist

Marxist

Feudal
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

English

Belgian

Bulgarian

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

18

17

15

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

L'Savage

L'Eccole

L'Avantage

L'Pensee
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?

Chaval

Deneulin

Maheu

Souvarine
14 Who are Jeanlin’s accomplices?

Lydie and Bebert

Maheu and Maheude

Levaque and Chaval

Etienne and Zacharie
15 What is the name of the Gregoires’ daughter?

Desire

Jeanne

Cecile

Catherine
16 How does Alzire die?

Of polio

Of cold and hunger

Of congestion

Of malaria
17 What is Bonnemort’s job presently?

Manager

Carman

Pikeman

Engine man
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?

50 sous

40 sous

20 sous

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

Claude

Jacques

Michel

Jules
21 How does Maheu die?

He is shot by a soldier.

He dies of old age.

He is pushed off a cliff.

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

Brown

Black

Light yellow

White
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

Etienne

Dansaert

Deneulin
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?

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

As oppressed

As the enlightened poor

As sexual predators

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