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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What officer promises to always remember Thénardier for saving his life in Book I of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Charles Myriel.
(b) Martin Verga.
(c) Georges Pontmercy.
(d) Theodule Gillenormand.

3. It is October of what year that Jean Valjean enters Digne in Book II of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1826.

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

5. It is November of what year that a sailor on the Orion falls off one of the ship’s masts in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1823.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jean Valjean held what profession before he was incarcerated?

2. What does M. Myriel insist that Jean Valjean take with him when he is brought back to Myriel’s home by the police?

3. What is the name of the police inspector who acts as a nemesis to Jean Valjean throughout Les Miserables?

4. The narrator says that Monsieur Madeleine arrived in Montreuil in what year in Book V of Part I – Fantine?

5. 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?

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