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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV - Saint Denis.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Gavroche overhear worrying about his finances in Book IV of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Monsieur Gillenormand.
(b) Monsieur Thenardier.
(c) Felix Tholomyes.
(d) Father Mabeuf.

3. By what year does the narrator say in Book VII of Part II – Cosette that there are no new recruits and the nuns of the convent begin to die off?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1810.

4. 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) 1817.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1814.
(d) 1823.

5. Book VII of Part IV – Saint Denis focuses on what?
(a) Parisian street slang.
(b) A detailed family history of Cosette.
(c) The Napoleonic Wars.
(d) The history of the French monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Fantine’s daughter in Part I – Fantine?

2. By what name does Marius refer to Cosette in Book II of Part IV – Saint Denis?

3. The republican secret societies made their move to start off the Paris Uprising of 1832 at whose public funeral?

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

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

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