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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V - Jean Valjean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the police inspector who acts as a nemesis to Jean Valjean throughout Les Miserables?
(a) Enjolras.
(b) Bossuet.
(c) Javert.
(d) Feuilly.

2. What is the title of Book VIII in Part V – Jean Valjean?
(a) “The Last Drop in the Chalice.”
(b) “Aid from Below or from Above.”
(c) “The Twilight Wanes.”
(d) “Grandson and Grandfather.”

3. Who is the convict on the chain gang who saves the sailor from drowning on the Orion in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Theodule Gillenormand.
(b) Gavroche.
(c) Enjolras.
(d) Jean Valjean.

4. Who is Cosette’s mother in the novel?
(a) Madame Thenardier.
(b) Eponine.
(c) Madame Magloire.
(d) Fantine.

5. Marius Pontmercy’s father was a colonel in whose army?
(a) Georges Pontmercy.
(b) Enjolras Pontmercy.
(c) Gavroche Pontmercy.
(d) Theodule Pontmercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Javert give to Marius after Marius tells him of the plot of his neighbors in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?

2. Marius’s friend who is a churchwarden helps get Marius a job where in Book V of Part III – Marius?

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

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

5. How much money does Marius attempt to give Eponine for her information about Cosette in Book II of Part IV – Saint Denis?

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