Germinal Quizzes

Germinal Quiz 1

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

Montsou

Nice

Paris

Lyon
2 What is Etienne’s tragic flaw?

His infidelity

His pride

His weight

His angry drunkenness
3 Who is Catherine’s first lover?

Chaval

Etienne

Zacharie

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

Chaval

Levaque

Maheu

Bonnemort
5 How many children do the Maheus have?

7

8

10

9
6 Who is Zachary’s wife?

Cecile

Madame Hennebeau

Mouquette

Philomene
7 Who kills Chaval?

Etienne

Henri

Jeanlin

Zacharie
8 What are the philosophical justifications of the strike?

Feudal

Anarchist

Capitalist

Marxist
9 What is Souvarine’s nationality?

Belgian

Bulgarian

Russian

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

15

16

18

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?

Maheude

Philomene

Catherine

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

Chaval

Deneulin

Souvarine

Maheu
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

Jeanne

Desire
16 How does Alzire die?

Of polio

Of congestion

Of cold and hunger

Of malaria
17 What is Bonnemort’s job presently?

Carman

Pikeman

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

50 sous

40 sous

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

Jules

Claude

Michel

Jacques
21 How does Maheu die?

He is shot by a soldier.

He dies of old age.

He is poisoned.

He is pushed off a cliff.
22 What is the color of Lenore Maheu’s hair?

Light yellow

Brown

Black

White
23 What is Maigrat notorious for?

Eating cow dung

Defiling graves

Receiving sexual favors from the women of the settlement

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

Deneulin

Negrel

Etienne

Dansaert
25 How does Deneulin view the strikers?

As oppressed

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

As sexual predators

As the enlightened poor

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