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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The nuns of the convent in Book VI of Part II – Cosette are an order founded by what Spaniard?
(a) Santiago Carrillo.
(b) Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros.
(c) Martin Verga.
(d) Manuel Azaña.

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

3. 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 loaf of bread.
(b) Silver candlesticks.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) A silver coin.

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

5. Jean Valjean crosses the River Seine over what in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) The Austerlitz Bridge.
(c) The St. Mark’s Cathedral.
(d) The River Thames.

6. What is the name of the boy from whom Jean Valjean steals a silver coin in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Enjolras.
(b) Georges Pontmercy.
(c) Petit Gervais.
(d) Felix Tholomyes.

7. The narrator says that Monsieur Madeleine arrived in Montreuil in what year in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1818.

8. With what do the nuns convince Fauchelevent to fill a coffin in order to avoid breaking Parisian law by burying a nun in the convent in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Tree branches.
(c) Stones.
(d) Flowers.

9. Monasticism, the narrator claims in Book VII of Part II – Cosette, leads only to social isolation and what?
(a) Lack of education.
(b) Religious fanaticism.
(c) Greed.
(d) Sexual impropriety.

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

11. Fauchelevent tells Valjean that he and Cosette are in the garden of what convent in Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Saint-Germain.
(b) Gorbeau House.
(c) Patron-Minette.
(d) Petit-Picpus.

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

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

14. What is the name of the Thénardiers’ baby boy in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Enjolras.
(b) Combeferre.
(c) Javert.
(d) Gavroche.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Charles Myriel born?

3. Fauchelevent believes that Valjean is hiding from whom in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

4. Fauchelevent tells the nuns that Jean Valjean is his brother named what in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

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

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