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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Montsou miners do at the Mirou pit?
(a) burn it
(b) try to force the workers to stop
(c) destroy it
(d) nothing

2. Who does Lantier get to know after he left hiding?
(a) Zariezia
(b) a young soldier
(c) Pluchart
(d) Deneulin

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

4. What does Souvarine tell Etienne he's going to do?
(a) leave soon
(b) sabotage the mine
(c) get married
(d) buy a coal mine

5. Why can't Bonnemort work inside the Voreux anymore?
(a) he is too old
(b) his leg is broken
(c) he is not able to think due to a brain injury
(d) he is sick and disabled

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the miners feel about the Borains?

2. What do the miners decide to do about Jean-Bart?

3. Why do the Maheus see Catherine moving out as a traitor act to the family?

4. Why does Catherine decide to go back to work?

5. How does the company feel about the confrontation at the mine?

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