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La Bête Humaine - Quiz
Contributed by: Godfrey
  • 1. Who is the author of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Marcel Proust
B) Victor Hugo
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Émile Zola
  • 2. What is the English translation of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) The Wild Animal
B) The Human Beast
C) The Beast Within
D) The Savage Beast
  • 3. In which literary genre does 'La Bête Humaine' belong?
A) Romanticism
B) Realism
C) Naturalism
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) Le Corbeau
B) Javert
C) Roubaud
D) Monsieur Homais
  • 6. In what year was 'La Bête Humaine' first published?
A) 1850
B) 1900
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) Superego
D) Id
  • 8. Who is Jacques Lantier's love interest in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Séverine Roubaud
B) Anna Karenina
C) Emma Bovary
D) Cosette
  • 9. Who directed the 1938 film adaptation of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Jean Renoir
B) Alfred Hitchcock
C) Federico Fellini
D) François Truffaut
  • 10. What is the tragic flaw of Jacques Lantier in the novel?
A) Violent impulses
B) Naivety
C) Lack of ambition
D) Greed
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