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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 III in Part I – Fantine?
(a) “In the Year 1817.”
(b) “To Trust is Sometimes to Surrender.”
(c) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(d) “Paris Atomized.”

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

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. How old is Cosette when she is introduced in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. What is the name of Marius Pontmercy’s grandfather who raised him?
(a) Monsieur Gillenormand.
(b) Monsieur Mabeuf.
(c) Monsieur Madeleine.
(d) Monsieur Thenardier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Monasticism, the narrator claims in Book VII of Part II – Cosette, leads only to social isolation and what?

2. Who is Cosette’s mother in the novel?

3. The four ringleaders of the Paris criminal underworld introduced in Part III – Marius are Montparnasse, Babet, Claquesous, and whom?

4. 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?

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

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