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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 horse.
(d) Her house.

2. Whom does Fantine beg to look after her daughter as she seeks work in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Mademoiselle Gillenormand.
(b) Madame Magloire.
(c) Mademoiselle Baptistine.
(d) Madame Thénardier.

3. Monasticism, the narrator claims in Book VII of Part II – Cosette, leads only to social isolation and what?
(a) Lack of education.
(b) Sexual impropriety.
(c) Religious fanaticism.
(d) Greed.

4. What does Fauchelevent actually carry out of the convent in a coffin in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Tree branches.
(b) Two beggar children.
(c) Jean Valjean.
(d) Dirt.

5. Where in France does the novel begin in Book I of Part I – Fantine?
(a) Digne.
(b) Feuilly.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Lyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Charles Myriel have a chance encounter in 1806 which led to his current position?

2. On what date was the Battle of Waterloo fought?

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

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

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

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