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La Bête Humaine - Quiz
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  • 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 Beast Within
D) The Wild Animal
  • 3. In which literary genre does 'La Bête Humaine' belong?
A) Romanticism
B) Modernism
C) Naturalism
D) Realism
  • 4. Who is the main character in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) François Mauriac
B) Jean Valjean
C) Étienne Lantier
D) Jacques Lantier
  • 5. Who is the inspector investigating a series of murders in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Roubaud
B) Le Corbeau
C) Monsieur Homais
D) Javert
  • 6. In what year was 'La Bête Humaine' first published?
A) 1900
B) 1890
C) 1850
D) 1920
  • 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) Séverine Roubaud
B) Emma Bovary
C) Anna Karenina
D) Cosette
  • 9. Who directed the 1938 film adaptation of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) François Truffaut
C) Jean Renoir
D) Federico Fellini
  • 10. What is the tragic flaw of Jacques Lantier in the novel?
A) Naivety
B) Greed
C) Lack of ambition
D) Violent impulses
  • 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) Son
B) Nephew
C) Brother
D) Cousin
  • 13. What is the ISBN of the 2007 Penguin translation of 'La Bête humaine'?
A) 978-0-140-44327-1
B) 978-0-140-44963-1
C) No ISBN is available for this edition.
D) 978-0-199-53866-9
  • 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) March 1890.
D) November 1891.
  • 15. What is the name of Lantier's train affectionately dubbed?
A) La Vitesse
B) La Lison
C) L'Éclair
D) Le Monstre
  • 16. What role does Judge Grandmorin have?
A) Railway engineer
B) Stationmaster at Le Havre
C) A wealthy businessman with no official title
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) 978-0-140-44327-1
B) No ISBN is available for this edition.
C) 978-0-140-44963-1
D) 978-0-199-53866-9
  • 18. What affliction does Jacques Lantier suffer from?
A) Amnesia
B) Hereditary madness turning sexual desires into violence
C) Paranoia about being followed
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 Robert Godfrey Goodyear and P.J.R. Wright.
C) Translated by Leonard Tancock.
D) Translated by Roger Pearson.
  • 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) Sell their inherited property and escape to New York
B) Move to a different city in France
C) Start a new life together in Paris
D) Confront Roubaud and demand his money back
  • 22. What does Séverine inherit from Judge Grandmorin?
A) Property
B) An estate in Paris
C) A position at the railway company
D) A large sum of money
  • 23. What does Roubaud force Séverine to do?
A) Leave Le Havre immediately
B) Sign over their property
C) Confess her love for him
D) Write a note asking for a rendezvous with Judge Grandmorin
  • 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) Railway line between Paris and Le Havre in the late 1860s
B) A small village in rural France
C) The streets of Paris during a festival
D) A French naval ship
  • 26. What is the ISBN of the 1977 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
  • 27. What does Flore do in her jealousy?
A) Leaves town
B) Confesses everything to Roubaud
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) Lantier kills Pecqueux and flees
C) They are arrested for another murder
D) They fall to their deaths after a fight on the moving train
  • 29. What is the relationship between Lantier and Étienne Lantier?
A) Father and son
B) Brothers
C) Cousins
D) Uncle and nephew
  • 30. Who is accused alongside Roubaud for Séverine's murder?
A) Phasie
B) Flore
C) Judge Grandmorin
D) Cabuche
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