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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chaval do as Etienne is getting ready to kiss Catherine?
(a) slips between them
(b) pulls Catherine away
(c) hits Etienne
(d) dumps water on Etienne

2. What are the type of people who tend to go to the Advantage?
(a) older men
(b) young people
(c) dissatified workers
(d) mine management

3. Where does Etienne Lantier arrive the night at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Marsellies
(b) Paris
(c) the Voreux mining pit
(d) America

4. How does Etienne feel about the miners with whom he is working?
(a) compassionate
(b) judgmental
(c) irritated
(d) superior

5. What does Bonnemort tell Etienne about a job at the mine?
(a) there's lots of work
(b) he could be a supervisor
(c) that they need a mechanic
(d) there's no opening for a mechanic

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Etienne Lantier?

2. Who does Etienne meet on the first day of the job that he likes?

3. Why was Etienne fired from his previous job?

4. What is the house number where Bonnemort lives?

5. What type of job did Etienne have previously?

(see the answer key)

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