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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why can't Bonnemort work inside the Voreux anymore?
2. What do the miners decide to do when the company lowers their pay?
3. Why did the Grégoires refuse to help the miners?
4. What type of work does Bonnemort do for the mine?
5. How does Etienne become a good hewer?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the Grégoires repond to La Maheude's request for help?
2. How do the miners feel about the supervisors?
3. What does Lantier do when the miners begin to reject him?
4. What does Etienne do after he is rescued?
5. How does the company seem after the killing of the miners by the soldiers and what does it say?
6. What happens outside the mine after the mine is flooded?
7. What happens in the mine in November and what was the consequences?
8. Why does Catherine return home during the strike and what does she see?
9. What do Etienne and Catherine decide to do after the tragedy?
10. What happens at the mine when the Borains arrive to work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the first chapter, everything is set in the dark of night; the only lighting is provided either by the moonlight or by the fire burning inside the chunks of coal.
1. Why do you think GERMINAL starts at night?
2. How does the dark relate to the book's themes?
3. Did you see any foreshadowing from the darkness in the beginning of the book? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
In GERMINAL, there is a constant struggle between individualism and collectivism.
1. Give two examples of this struggle.
2. Do you think individualism is more destructive than collectivism? Why or why not?
3. Do you think the collective thinking of the miners caused more problems than it solved? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
The fourth part of the novel outlines the positions of the two camps involved in the growing conflict - the miners and the Company's representatives.
1. Why do you think the mine owners are unwilling to listen to the miners?
2. Do you think the miners were demanding too much from the mine owners? Why or why not?
3. If you were a negotiator between these two groups how would you attempt to forge an agreement?
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