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La Bête Humaine - Quiz
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  • 1. Who is the author of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Victor Hugo
B) Émile Zola
C) Marcel Proust
D) Gustave Flaubert
  • 2. What is the English translation of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) The Wild Animal
B) The Savage Beast
C) The Beast Within
D) The Human Beast
  • 3. In which literary genre does 'La Bête Humaine' belong?
A) Romanticism
B) Naturalism
C) Modernism
D) Realism
  • 4. Who is the main character in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Jean Valjean
B) François Mauriac
C) Jacques Lantier
D) Étienne Lantier
  • 5. Who is the inspector investigating a series of murders in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Le Corbeau
B) Monsieur Homais
C) Javert
D) Roubaud
  • 6. In what year was 'La Bête Humaine' first published?
A) 1900
B) 1890
C) 1920
D) 1850
  • 7. What is the psychological term for the beast within each human, as depicted in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Persona
B) Superego
C) Id
D) Ego
  • 8. Who is Jacques Lantier's love interest in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Anna Karenina
B) Emma Bovary
C) Cosette
D) Séverine Roubaud
  • 9. Who directed the 1938 film adaptation of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Federico Fellini
B) Jean Renoir
C) Alfred Hitchcock
D) François Truffaut
  • 10. What is the tragic flaw of Jacques Lantier in the novel?
A) Lack of ambition
B) Naivety
C) Greed
D) Violent impulses
  • 11. In which series does 'La Bête humaine' belong?
A) Les Rougon-Macquart
B) The Human Condition Series
C) The French Classics Collection
D) The Railway Chronicles
  • 12. Who is Jacques Lantier in relation to Gervaise Macquart?
A) Cousin
B) Nephew
C) Son
D) Brother
  • 13. What is the ISBN of the 2007 Penguin translation of 'La Bête humaine'?
A) 978-0-199-53866-9
B) No ISBN is available for this edition.
C) 978-0-140-44963-1
D) 978-0-140-44327-1
  • 14. When did the first three chapters of 'La Bête humaine' appear in La Vie populaire?
A) March 1890.
B) November 1891.
C) 2 March 1890.
D) 14 November 1889.
  • 15. What is the name of Lantier's train affectionately dubbed?
A) L'Éclair
B) Le Monstre
C) La Vitesse
D) La Lison
  • 16. What role does Judge Grandmorin have?
A) A wealthy businessman with no official title
B) Stationmaster at Le Havre
C) Railway engineer
D) Former director of the railway company and judge
  • 17. What is the ISBN of the 1996 Oxford University Press translation of 'La Bête humaine'?
A) 978-0-199-53866-9
B) No ISBN is available for this edition.
C) 978-0-140-44327-1
D) 978-0-140-44963-1
  • 18. What affliction does Jacques Lantier suffer from?
A) A fear of trains
B) Hereditary madness turning sexual desires into violence
C) Amnesia
D) Paranoia about being followed
  • 19. Which translation of 'La Bète humaine' was published by Penguin in 1977?
A) Translated by Robert Godfrey Goodyear and P.J.R. Wright.
B) Translated by Alec Brown.
C) Translated by Roger Pearson.
D) Translated by Leonard Tancock.
  • 20. What does Lantier do after Séverine's murder?
A) Begins a new career as a writer
B) Turns himself in to the police
C) Leaves France forever
D) Initiates an affair with Pecqueux's girlfriend
  • 21. What does Séverine suggest to Lantier after discovering Roubaud's actions?
A) Move to a different city in France
B) Start a new life together in Paris
C) Confront Roubaud and demand his money back
D) Sell their inherited property and escape to New York
  • 22. What does Séverine inherit from Judge Grandmorin?
A) A position at the railway company
B) Property
C) A large sum of money
D) An estate in Paris
  • 23. What does Roubaud force Séverine to do?
A) Confess her love for him
B) Leave Le Havre immediately
C) Write a note asking for a rendezvous with Judge Grandmorin
D) Sign over their property
  • 24. Which translation of 'La Bête humaine' was published by Oxford University Press in 1996?
A) Translated by Alec Brown.
B) Translated by Louis Colman.
C) Translated by Roger Pearson.
D) Translated by Leonard Tancock.
  • 25. What is the setting of 'La Bête humaine'?
A) A French naval ship
B) A small village in rural France
C) Railway line between Paris and Le Havre in the late 1860s
D) The streets of Paris during a festival
  • 26. What is the ISBN of the 1977 Penguin translation of 'La Bête humaine'?
A) 978-0-140-44963-1
B) 978-0-199-53866-9
C) No ISBN is available for this edition.
D) 978-0-140-44327-1
  • 27. What does Flore do in her jealousy?
A) Plots to derail Lantier's train
B) Stabs Séverine
C) Confesses everything to Roubaud
D) Leaves town
  • 28. What happens to Lantier and Pecqueux?
A) They fall to their deaths after a fight on the moving train
B) Lantier kills Pecqueux and flees
C) They are arrested for another murder
D) They escape together to start a new life
  • 29. What is the relationship between Lantier and Étienne Lantier?
A) Brothers
B) Father and son
C) Uncle and nephew
D) Cousins
  • 30. Who is accused alongside Roubaud for Séverine's murder?
A) Judge Grandmorin
B) Flore
C) Phasie
D) Cabuche
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