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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cosette’s father in the novel?
(a) Marius Pontmercy.
(b) Felix Tholomyes.
(c) Jean Prouvaire.
(d) Theodule Gillenormand.

2. 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) Gavroche.
(b) Jean Valjean.
(c) Enjolras.
(d) Theodule Gillenormand.

3. What are the names of the Thénardiers’ two daughters whom they spoil?
(a) Azelma and Cosette.
(b) Fantine and Eponine.
(c) Eponine and Azelma.
(d) Cosette and Fantine.

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

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

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

7. What does Jean Valjean steal from M. Myriel in Part I – Fantine?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) Silverware.
(c) Brass coins.
(d) A lantern.

8. Fauchelevent helps Jean Valjean secure work as what in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) A lumberjack.
(b) A bellhop.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A banker.

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

10. Fauchelevent believes that Valjean is hiding from whom in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) His family.
(b) Javert.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Creditors.

11. 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) 1810.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1840.

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

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

14. When did Monsieur Madeleine become mayor of Montreuil?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1820.

15. What is the title of Book VIII of Part I – Fantine?
(a) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(b) “The Ship Orion.”
(c) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(d) “A Counter-Blow.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that Fantine sells in order to make money when she becomes desperate after losing her job at the factory?

2. With whom did Charles Myriel have a chance encounter in 1806 which led to his current position?

3. What is the title of Book IV of Part I – Fantine?

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

5. Fantine is fired from her job at the factory for what reason in Book V of Part I – Fantine?

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