View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Jean Valjean’s prison sentence extended?
(a) For talking back to the guards.
(b) For going on a hunger strike.
(c) For fighting.
(d) For attempting escape.

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

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

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

5. What is the title of Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) “Paris Atomized.”
(b) “The Ship Orion.”
(c) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(d) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”

6. 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 house.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Her teeth.

7. What nation was victorious at the Battle of Waterloo?
(a) The United States.
(b) Brazil.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

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

9. What is the name of the young law student with whom Fantine falls in love in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Theodule Gillenormand.
(b) Monsieur Mabeuf.
(c) Monsieur Gillenormand.
(d) Felix Tholomyes.

10. To how many years in prison was Jean Valjean initially sentenced for stealing a loaf of bread?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

11. Where in France does the novel begin in Book I of Part I – Fantine?
(a) Feuilly.
(b) Lyon.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Digne.

12. 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) 1840.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1820.

13. Whom does Jean Valjean tell Cosette are chasing them in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) The Thénardiers.
(b) Baptistines.
(c) The Pontmercys.
(d) The Gillenormands.

14. In what year was Charles Myriel born?
(a) 1740.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1685.
(d) 1807.

15. How many years have passed since Fantine has been to her hometown in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 6.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book V of Part II – Cosette?

2. Fauchelevent tells Valjean that he and Cosette are in the garden of what convent in Book V of Part II – Cosette?

3. Where does Cosette enroll in school in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

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

5. By what nickname does Jean Valjean become known when he stays at the Gorbeau House in Book IV of Part II – Cosette?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 472 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample