Les Miserables Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Les Miserables Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Monsieur Madeleine become mayor of Montreuil?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1804.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1812.

2. The narrator says that Monsieur Madeleine arrived in Montreuil in what year in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1822.

3. The police inspector in Montreuil threatens Fantine with what jail sentence for attacking a man who insulted her in Part I – Fantine?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 months.

4. Who is Cosette’s mother in the novel?
(a) Madame Magloire.
(b) Madame Thenardier.
(c) Fantine.
(d) Eponine.

5. What is the name of the old road-mender seen digging holes in the forest in Montfermeil in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Boulatruelle.
(b) Gavroche.
(c) Javert.
(d) Joly.

6. By what year does the narrator say in Book VII of Part II – Cosette that there are no new recruits and the nuns of the convent begin to die off?
(a) 1810.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1820.

7. Whom does Jean Valjean rescue in Part I – Fantine by lifting him from underneath a fallen carriage?
(a) Fauchelevent.
(b) Tholomyes.
(c) Bahorel.
(d) Gavroche.

8. What is the title of Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(b) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(c) “The Ship Orion.”
(d) “A Dark Chase Requires a Silent Hound.”

9. 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 hair.
(b) Her teeth.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her horse.

10. In Book VI of Part I – Fantine, Javert claims that he has positively identified Champmathieu as Valjean and states that he is leaving for where to testify in the trial the following day?
(a) Montreuil-sur-mer.
(b) Lyon.
(c) Toulon.
(d) Arras.

11. By what name does Fauchelevent address Jean Valjean when he first meets him in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Monsieur Madeleine.
(b) Monsieur Thenardier.
(c) Monsieur Mabeuf.
(d) Monsieur Gillenormand.

12. Why was Jean Valjean’s prison sentence extended?
(a) For fighting.
(b) For talking back to the guards.
(c) For going on a hunger strike.
(d) For attempting escape.

13. Charles Myriel was forced to flee Italy during the French Revolution of what year?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1755.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1699.

14. What is the name of the boy from whom Jean Valjean steals a silver coin in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Felix Tholomyes.
(b) Petit Gervais.
(c) Enjolras.
(d) Georges Pontmercy.

15. What is the title of Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(b) “Patron-Minette.”
(c) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(d) “Paris Atomized.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The nuns of the convent in Book VI of Part II – Cosette are an order founded by what Spaniard?

2. Where in France does the novel begin in Book I of Part I – Fantine?

3. What is the title of Book I in Part I – Fantine?

4. It is October of what year that Jean Valjean enters Digne in Book II of Part I – Fantine?

5. What nickname has Charles Myriel earned which translates to “welcome” in English?

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