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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Marius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Courfeyrac dub Jean Valjean prior to meeting him in Part III – Marius?
(a) Leblanc.
(b) Bruneseau.
(c) Gervais.
(d) Joly.

2. With whom did Charles Myriel have a chance encounter in 1806 which led to his current position?
(a) Adolphe Thiers.
(b) Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
(c) Louis XVIII.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

3. In Book II of Part II – Cosette, newspaper articles suggest that Jean Valjean withdrew how many francs just before his arrest?
(a) 425,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 159,000.
(d) 1,300,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book VIII of Part I – Fantine?

2. In the letter that was left to Marius by his father, he is instructed to find a young man with what name in Book III of Part III – Marius?

3. What is the title of Book V of Part II – Cosette?

4. To how many years in prison was Jean Valjean initially sentenced for stealing a loaf of bread?

5. The nickname that Marius assigns to Cosette before learning her name means what?

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