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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 Wild Animal
C) The Savage Beast
D) The Human Beast
  • 3. In which literary genre does 'La Bête Humaine' belong?
A) Modernism
B) Realism
C) Naturalism
D) Romanticism
  • 4. Who is the main character in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Étienne Lantier
B) Jean Valjean
C) François Mauriac
D) Jacques Lantier
  • 5. Who is the inspector investigating a series of murders in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Roubaud
B) Monsieur Homais
C) Le Corbeau
D) Javert
  • 6. In what year was 'La Bête Humaine' first published?
A) 1890
B) 1850
C) 1920
D) 1900
  • 7. What is the psychological term for the beast within each human, as depicted in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Persona
B) Superego
C) Ego
D) Id
  • 8. Who is Jacques Lantier's love interest in 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Anna Karenina
B) Cosette
C) Emma Bovary
D) Séverine Roubaud
  • 9. Who directed the 1938 film adaptation of 'La Bête Humaine'?
A) Federico Fellini
B) François Truffaut
C) Alfred Hitchcock
D) Jean Renoir
  • 10. What is the tragic flaw of Jacques Lantier in the novel?
A) Lack of ambition
B) Violent impulses
C) Greed
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) Cousin
C) Nephew
D) Brother
  • 13. What is the ISBN of the 2007 Penguin 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.
  • 14. When did the first three chapters of 'La Bête humaine' appear in La Vie populaire?
A) March 1890.
B) November 1891.
C) 2 March 1890.
D) 14 November 1889.
  • 15. What is the name of Lantier's train affectionately dubbed?
A) La Vitesse
B) L'Éclair
C) Le Monstre
D) La Lison
  • 16. What role does Judge Grandmorin have?
A) Former director of the railway company and judge
B) A wealthy businessman with no official title
C) Stationmaster at Le Havre
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) 978-0-199-53866-9
C) 978-0-140-44963-1
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 Robert Godfrey Goodyear and P.J.R. Wright.
B) Translated by Roger Pearson.
C) Translated by Leonard Tancock.
D) Translated by Alec Brown.
  • 20. What does Lantier do after Séverine's murder?
A) Initiates an affair with Pecqueux's girlfriend
B) Begins a new career as a writer
C) Turns himself in to the police
D) Leaves France forever
  • 21. What does Séverine suggest to Lantier after discovering Roubaud's actions?
A) Start a new life together in Paris
B) Sell their inherited property and escape to New York
C) Confront Roubaud and demand his money back
D) Move to a different city in France
  • 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) 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 Leonard Tancock.
B) Translated by Roger Pearson.
C) Translated by Louis Colman.
D) Translated by Alec Brown.
  • 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) The streets of Paris during a festival
D) A small village in rural France
  • 26. What is the ISBN of the 1977 Penguin translation of 'La Bête humaine'?
A) 978-0-199-53866-9
B) 978-0-140-44327-1
C) 978-0-140-44963-1
D) No ISBN is available for this edition.
  • 27. What does Flore do in her jealousy?
A) Confesses everything to Roubaud
B) Stabs Séverine
C) Plots to derail Lantier's train
D) Leaves town
  • 28. What happens to Lantier and Pecqueux?
A) Lantier kills Pecqueux and flees
B) They escape together to start a new life
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) Cousins
B) Brothers
C) Father and son
D) Uncle and nephew
  • 30. Who is accused alongside Roubaud for Séverine's murder?
A) Cabuche
B) Phasie
C) Judge Grandmorin
D) Flore
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