50 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on Émile Zola's Nana

Who is the protagonist of the novel Nana?
- a) Satin
- b) Nana Coupeau
- c) Madame Hugon
- d) Rose Mignon
  Answer: b) Nana Coupeau
What is Nana’s profession when the novel begins?
- a) Seamstress
- b) Actress
- c) Opera singer
- d) Prostitute
  Answer: b) Actress
What role does Nana play in the opera The Blonde Venus?
- a) Diana
- b) Venus
- c) Hera
- d) Aphrodite
  Answer: b) Venus
Who is Nana’s first wealthy benefactor in the novel?
- a) Count Muffat
- b) Steiner
- c) Philippe Hugon
- d) Georges Hugon
  Answer: b) Steiner
What is Count Muffat’s position in society?
- a) A wealthy banker
- b) A government official
- c) A military officer
- d) A playwright
  Answer: b) A government official
What is Nana’s son’s name?
- a) Louis
- b) Georges
- c) Raoul
- d) Louiset
  Answer: d) Louiset
What disease does Nana die of at the end of the novel?
- a) Tuberculosis
- b) Smallpox
- c) Cholera
- d) Influenza
  Answer: b) Smallpox
Who is Satin in the novel?
- a) Nana’s rival
- b) Nana’s confidante and lover
- c) Nana’s maid
- d) Nana’s cousin
  Answer: b) Nana’s confidante and lover
What is the name of Nana’s estranged husband?
- a) Coupeau
- b) Mignon
- c) Steiner
- d) Muffat
  Answer: a) Coupeau
What happens to Georges Hugon because of his obsession with Nana?
- a) He marries her
- b) He commits suicide
- c) He becomes a priest
- d) He moves to America
  Answer: b) He commits suicide

What does Nana symbolize in the novel?
- a) The innocence of youth
- b) The destructive power of beauty and desire
- c) The resilience of women
- d) The power of family
  Answer: b) The destructive power of beauty and desire
Nana’s rise to fame and subsequent downfall represent which major theme in the novel?
- a) Redemption
- b) The corrupting influence of wealth
- c) Social mobility
- d) The value of hard work
  Answer: b) The corrupting influence of wealth
What literary movement is Nana associated with?
- a) Romanticism
- b) Realism
- c) Naturalism
- d) Modernism
  Answer: c) Naturalism
What is the significance of Nana’s physical beauty in the story?
- a) It symbolizes hope
- b) It represents the superficiality of society
- c) It highlights her intelligence
- d) It leads to her redemption
  Answer: b) It represents the superficiality of society
What theme does the character of Count Muffat primarily explore?
- a) Religious devotion
- b) Hypocrisy and moral corruption
- c) The struggles of the working class
- d) The importance of family
  Answer: b) Hypocrisy and moral corruption
How is Paris itself depicted in the novel?
- a) As a symbol of moral decay
- b) As a utopia
- c) As a place of spiritual renewal
- d) As a rural escape
  Answer: a) As a symbol of moral decay
What does the character Louiset represent in the story?
- a) A source of guilt for Nana
- b) The innocence destroyed by society
- c) Nana’s redemption
- d) A connection to her past
  Answer: b) The innocence destroyed by society
The luxurious lifestyle of Nana is contrasted with what?
- a) The struggles of the poor
- b) The wealth of the aristocracy
- c) The simplicity of country life
- d) The lives of artists
  Answer: a) The struggles of the poor
What recurring symbol in the novel reflects death and decay?
- a) Flowers
- b) Gold
- c) Smallpox
- d) The theater
  Answer: c) Smallpox
What theme is explored through the downfall of multiple male characters in Nana’s life?
- a) Redemption through suffering
- b) The destructive power of obsession
- c) The triumph of love
- d) The inevitability of fate
  Answer: b) The destructive power of obsession

Who wrote Nana?
- a) Gustave Flaubert
- b) Émile Zola
- c) Victor Hugo
- d) Honoré de Balzac
  Answer: b) Émile Zola
What is the original language of Nana?
- a) English
- b) French
- c) German
- d) Italian
  Answer: b) French
Nana is part of which series of novels by Zola?
- a) The Human Comedy
- b) The Rougon-Macquart series
- c) The Comédie Française
- d) The Naturalist Collection
  Answer: b) The Rougon-Macquart series
What is the primary setting of the novel?
- a) London
- b) Paris
- c) Marseille
- d) Lyon
  Answer: b) Paris
What historical era does Nana take place in?
- a) The French Revolution
- b) The Second Empire
- c) The Third Republic
- d) The Napoleonic Wars
  Answer: b) The Second Empire

What is the relationship between Georges Hugon and Philippe Hugon?
- a) Cousins
- b) Brothers
- c) Father and son
- d) Friends
  Answer: b) Brothers
Who is Rose Mignon?
- a) A rival actress to Nana
- b) Nana’s friend and confidante
- c) A wealthy benefactor
- d) Nana’s maid
  Answer: a) A rival actress to Nana
How does Nana treat her son Louiset throughout the novel?
- a) With great affection and care
- b) She neglects him
- c) She sends him to live with his father
- d) She uses him to gain sympathy
  Answer: b) She neglects him
What does Count Muffat sacrifice for Nana?
- a) His financial stability
- b) His reputation and moral values
- c) His family
- d) All of the above
  Answer: d) All of the above
What is Steiner's role in Nana's life?
- a) A distant admirer
- b) Nana’s first wealthy lover
- c) Her business manager
- d) A rival of Count Muffat
  Answer: b) Nana’s first wealthy lover
What ultimately happens to Count Muffat’s marriage?
- a) It strengthens due to his religious faith
- b) It ends in separation because of his obsession with Nana
- c) His wife dies tragically
- d) They move to a rural estate
  Answer: b) It ends in separation because of his obsession with Nana
Which character is described as a lesbian and becomes Nana’s lover?
- a) Rose Mignon
- b) Satin
- c) Madame Hugon
- d) Madame Maloir
  Answer: b) Satin
Who is the owner of the theater where Nana performs?
- a) Bordenave
- b) Steiner
- c) Count Muffat
- d) Mignon
  Answer: a) Bordenave
How does Nana manipulate her wealthy lovers?
- a) By promising them marriage
- b) By feigning love and innocence
- c) By blackmailing them
- d) By threatening to leave Paris
  Answer: b) By feigning love and innocence
What happens to Nana’s fortune?
- a) She invests it wisely
- b) She loses it due to poor decisions and extravagance
- c) She donates it to charity
- d) It is stolen by a rival
  Answer: b) She loses it due to poor decisions and extravagance

Why does Nana’s performance in The Blonde Venus become infamous?
- a) She is terrible at acting
- b) She appears almost naked on stage
- c) She insults the audience
- d) She refuses to perform halfway through
  Answer: b) She appears almost naked on stage
Who is Madame Maloir in the story?
- a) Nana’s rival
- b) A friend and advisor to Nana
- c) A wealthy patron
- d) A theater critic
  Answer: b) A friend and advisor to Nana
Why does Georges Hugon fall into despair?
- a) He loses his inheritance
- b) Nana rejects him
- c) His brother dies
- d) He becomes bankrupt
  Answer: b) Nana rejects him
Which character is the epitome of hypocrisy and religious pretense?
- a) Count Muffat
- b) Steiner
- c) Bordenave
- d) Mignon
  Answer: a) Count Muffat
How does Nana’s death reflect the themes of the novel?
- a) It is a tragic but peaceful end
- b) It symbolizes the ultimate decay of her beauty and power
- c) It brings redemption to her character
- d) It is an unimportant event in the story
  Answer: b) It symbolizes the ultimate decay of her beauty and power

What does Nana’s extravagant lifestyle criticize in French society?
- a) The working-class revolution
- b) The moral decay of the Second Empire
- c) The industrial revolution
- d) The rise of socialism
  Answer: b) The moral decay of the Second Empire
What literary technique does Zola use to describe Nana’s physical beauty?
- a) Romantic idealization
- b) Detailed naturalistic imagery
- c) Symbolic abstraction
- d) Minimalist description
  Answer: b) Detailed naturalistic imagery
What is Nana’s primary weapon in her rise to power?
- a) Her wealth
- b) Her intelligence
- c) Her charm and sexuality
- d) Her family connections
  Answer: c) Her charm and sexuality
Which class of society does Nana primarily critique?
- a) The bourgeoisie and aristocracy
- b) The proletariat
- c) The clergy
- d) The rural peasantry
  Answer: a) The bourgeoisie and aristocracy
What does the theater symbolize in the novel?
- a) Creativity and art
- b) The facade of society’s morality
- c) A place of personal redemption
- d) The unity of people
  Answer: b) The facade of society’s morality
What kind of relationship does Nana have with wealth?
- a) She hoards money for her son
- b) She uses wealth to gain power but is ultimately ruined by it
- c) She donates her wealth to charity
- d) She lives a modest life despite her earnings
  Answer: b) She uses wealth to gain power but is ultimately ruined by it
Nana’s beauty is often described as:
- a) Angelic and pure
- b) Overwhelming and destructive
- c) Subtle and understated
- d) Fragile and fleeting
  Answer: b) Overwhelming and destructive
In the context of Naturalism, the characters in Nana are influenced by:
- a) Free will and personal choices
- b) Heredity and environment
- c) Divine intervention
- d) Random chance
  Answer: b) Heredity and environment
What does the spread of smallpox at the end of the novel symbolize?
- a) The literal and metaphorical decay of society
- b) A punishment for Nana’s sins
- c) The fragility of wealth
- d) The inevitability of disease
  Answer: a) The literal and metaphorical decay of society
What is the ultimate fate of most of Nana’s lovers?
- a) They prosper after leaving her
- b) They suffer ruin and despair
- c) They find redemption
- d) They forget about her
  Answer: b) They suffer ruin and despair

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