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