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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Marius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jean Valjean held what profession before he was incarcerated?
(a) A stable-hand.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A miner.
(d) A tree-trimmer.

2. What is the title of Book I of Part III – Marius?
(a) “Paris Atomized.”
(b) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(c) “The Ship Orion.”
(d) “The Grand Bourgeois.”

3. What is the title of Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) “The Descent.”
(b) “A Counter-Blow.”
(c) “A Dark Chase Requires a Silent Hound.”
(d) “Paris Atomized.”

4. The street urchin named Gavroche in Part III – Marius is actually whose son?
(a) The Thénardiers.
(b) The Tholomyes.
(c) The Pontmercys.
(d) The Gillenormands.

5. What is the title of Book V in Part III – Marius?
(a) “The Descent.”
(b) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(c) “A Counter-Blow.”
(d) “To Trust is Sometimes to Surrender.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Courfeyrac dub Jean Valjean prior to meeting him in Part III – Marius?

2. What does Jean Valjean steal from M. Myriel in Part I – Fantine?

3. In Book II of Part II – Cosette, newspaper articles suggest that Jean Valjean withdrew how many francs just before his arrest?

4. How does Jean Valjean escape at the end of Book VIII of Part III – Marius?

5. What is the largest industry in Montreuil, according to the narrator in Part I – Fantine?

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