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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 is the title of Book IV of Part I – Fantine?
(a) “Paris Atomized.”
(b) “A Dark Chase Requires a Silent Hound.”
(c) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(d) “To Trust is Sometimes to Surrender.”

2. 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) 1840.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1820.

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) 1 month.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 months.

4. What is the largest industry in Montreuil, according to the narrator in Part I – Fantine?
(a) House lumber.
(b) Coal.
(c) Black beads.
(d) Ship lumber.

5. What is the name of Fantine’s daughter in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Mademoiselle Baptistine.
(b) Cosette.
(c) Mademoiselle Gillenormand.
(d) Eponine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Myriel was forced to flee Italy during the French Revolution of what year?

2. What is the name of Fantine’s hometown to which she returns in order to find work in Part I – Fantine?

3. Before he learns Cosette’s name, Marius refers to her as what nickname in Part III – Marius?

4. What is the title of Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

5. How much money does Jean Valjean give to the Thénardiers for Cosette in Book III of Part II – Cosette?

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