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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Jean Valjean give to the Thénardiers for Cosette in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 900 francs.
(b) 1,500 francs.
(c) 500 francs.
(d) 700 francs.

2. It is October of what year that Jean Valjean enters Digne in Book II of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1809.

3. What is the title of Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(b) “A Dark Chase Requires a Silent Hound.”
(c) “The Ship Orion.”
(d) “The Grand Bourgeois.”

4. What is the first thing that Fantine sells in order to make money when she becomes desperate after losing her job at the factory?
(a) Her teeth.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her horse.

5. What is the largest industry in Montreuil, according to the narrator in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Coal.
(b) Black beads.
(c) House lumber.
(d) Ship lumber.

6. What nickname has Charles Myriel earned which translates to “welcome” in English?
(a) Lanoire.
(b) Bruneseau.
(c) Bienvenu.
(d) Ultimus.

7. Where does Cosette enroll in school in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) In Belgium.
(b) At a public Paris school.
(c) In England.
(d) At the convent.

8. What does M. Myriel insist that Jean Valjean take with him when he is brought back to Myriel’s home by the police?
(a) Silver candlesticks.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) A silver coin.

9. What officer promises to always remember Thénardier for saving his life in Book I of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Martin Verga.
(b) Theodule Gillenormand.
(c) Charles Myriel.
(d) Georges Pontmercy.

10. Whom does Fantine beg to look after her daughter as she seeks work in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Madame Thénardier.
(b) Mademoiselle Baptistine.
(c) Madame Magloire.
(d) Mademoiselle Gillenormand.

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

12. How much money does Jean Valjean offer Fauchelevent to let him and Cosette spend the night at his lodgings in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 250 francs.
(b) 50 francs.
(c) 100 francs.
(d) 650 francs.

13. Who was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?
(a) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(b) Jules Grévy.
(c) Jean Casimir-Perier.
(d) Émile Loubet.

14. Jean Valjean tells the landlady at the Gorbeau House that Cosette is what in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His niece.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His granddaughter.

15. With whom did Charles Myriel have a chance encounter in 1806 which led to his current position?
(a) Adolphe Thiers.
(b) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(c) Louis XVIII.
(d) Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

Short Answer Questions

1. The nuns of the convent in Book VI of Part II – Cosette are an order founded by what Spaniard?

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

3. What is the name of the young law student with whom Fantine falls in love in Part I – Fantine?

4. Who is the convict on the chain gang who saves the sailor from drowning on the Orion in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

5. 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?

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