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