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