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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V - Jean Valjean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bacterial infection swept through Europe in 1832, killing over 18,000 people in Paris?
(a) Cellulitis.
(b) Impetigo.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Necrotizing fasciitis.

2. Where does Cosette enroll in school in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) At a public Paris school.
(b) In Belgium.
(c) At the convent.
(d) In England.

3. In Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis, Gavroche discovers two abandoned hungry children and uses his money to buy them food without realizing they are what?
(a) The policeman’s sons.
(b) His cousins.
(c) Spies for the government.
(d) His younger brothers.

4. In the beginning of Book II of Part V – Jean Valjean, the narrator bemoans the fact that Paris spends huge sums collecting what for fertilizer?
(a) Sheep manure.
(b) Bird droppings.
(c) Goat manure.
(d) Cow manure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Charles Myriel born?

2. What is the name of the boy from whom Jean Valjean steals a silver coin in Part I – Fantine?

3. When the revolutionaries with wives and children refuse to leave the rebellion in Book I of Part V – Jean Valjean, the group votes to send how many away?

4. What is the name of Cosette’s father in the novel?

5. What is the title of Book VII in Part III – Marius?

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