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