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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fauchelevent helps Jean Valjean secure work as what in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) A bellhop.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A lumberjack.
(d) A banker.

2. What is the first thing that Fantine sells in order to make money when she becomes desperate after losing her job at the factory?
(a) Her horse.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her teeth.
(d) Her hair.

3. The nuns of the convent in Book VI of Part II – Cosette are an order founded by what Spaniard?
(a) Santiago Carrillo.
(b) Manuel Azaña.
(c) Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros.
(d) Martin Verga.

4. Fauchelevent tells Valjean that he and Cosette are in the garden of what convent in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Patron-Minette.
(b) Saint-Germain.
(c) Gorbeau House.
(d) Petit-Picpus.

5. What is the name of the police inspector who acts as a nemesis to Jean Valjean throughout Les Miserables?
(a) Enjolras.
(b) Feuilly.
(c) Javert.
(d) Bossuet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cosette enroll in school in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

2. By what name does Fauchelevent address Jean Valjean when he first meets him in Book V of Part II – Cosette?

3. With what do the nuns convince Fauchelevent to fill a coffin in order to avoid breaking Parisian law by burying a nun in the convent in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

4. What are the two luxuries that Charles Myriel holds onto out of consideration for his housekeeper?

5. Monasticism, the narrator claims in Book VII of Part II – Cosette, leads only to social isolation and what?

(see the answer key)

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