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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. Fantine is fired from her job at the factory for what reason in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) Telling a customer off.
(b) Calling in sick.
(c) Immorality.
(d) Stealing.

2. What nickname does Courfeyrac dub Jean Valjean prior to meeting him in Part III – Marius?
(a) Leblanc.
(b) Bruneseau.
(c) Joly.
(d) Gervais.

3. What is the name of Fantine’s hometown to which she returns in order to find work in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Arras.
(b) Feuilly.
(c) Toulon.
(d) Montreuil-sur-mer.

4. What holiday is it when Cosette is introduced in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Easter Sunday.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas Eve.

5. By what name does Fauchelevent address Jean Valjean when he first meets him in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Monsieur Thenardier.
(b) Monsieur Madeleine.
(c) Monsieur Mabeuf.
(d) Monsieur Gillenormand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have passed since Jean Valjean’s first encounter with M. Myriel in Book III of Part I – Fantine?

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

3. What does Fauchelevent actually carry out of the convent in a coffin in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

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?

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

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