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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bonnemort mean?
(a) bad future
(b) good death
(c) sturdy man
(d) good luck

3. What does Etienne tell the miners he wants to fight?
(a) pay raises
(b) capitalism
(c) poor conditions
(d) the mines closing

4. What is the atmosphere like in the Maheu household?
(a) hopeful
(b) sad and tired
(c) exciting
(d) joyful

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of job did Etienne have previously?

3. What is the old aristocratic tradition as far as handling money?

4. How does Etienne feel about the miners with whom he is working?

5. What does Bonnemort tell Etienne about a job at the mine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Jean-Bart miners face on the surface?

2. What does Etienne tell Catherine about himself on his first day of work?

3. What causes an accident in the mine after the miners go back to work?

4. What is the social scene like in the village?

5. Who is Denneulin and what does he want from Léon Grégoire?

6. What do the Montsou miners do when they leave Jean-Bart?

7. How did Etienne get a job and what will he be doing?

8. Why does Etienne Lantier set up a meeting with the miners and what happens at that meeting?

9. What happens to Catherine at the Jean-Bart mine?

10. What happens when Etienne knows he can no longer control the crowd of miners at Voreux?

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