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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the house number where Bonnemort lives?
(a) number 33
(b) number 18
(c) number 16
(d) number 24

2. Who is the overman who hires Étienne Lantier?
(a) Danseart
(b) Dom Gernera
(c) Phillipe
(d) Jaques

3. What is the new capitalistic trend concerning money?
(a) give money to poor people
(b) put the capital to work and maximize profit
(c) put the money in a bank
(d) invest in speculation

4. What is the name of Bonnemort's family?
(a) the Marsades family
(b) the Forty family
(c) the Maheu family
(d) the Dauques family

5. Where did Léon Grégoire get his money?
(a) from his wife
(b) stealing
(c) inheritance
(d) good investments

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the visitors treat the people in the village?

2. What is the mining settlement called where the novel takes place?

3. What is the atmosphere like in the Maheu household?

4. Where does Etienne Lantier arrive the night at the beginning of the novel?

5. Why would visitors come to the mining village?

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