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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before he learns Cosette’s name, Marius refers to her as what nickname in Part III – Marius?
(a) Madeleine.
(b) Azelma.
(c) Epinone.
(d) Lanoire.

2. What is the title of Book II of Part III – Marius?
(a) “A Dark Chase Requires a Silent Hound.”
(b) “The Grandfather and the Grandson.”
(c) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(d) “The Grand Bourgeois.”

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

4. What nickname does Courfeyrac dub Jean Valjean prior to meeting him in Part III – Marius?
(a) Bruneseau.
(b) Gervais.
(c) Leblanc.
(d) Joly.

5. Whom does Gavroche overhear worrying about his finances in Book IV of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Monsieur Gillenormand.
(b) Felix Tholomyes.
(c) Monsieur Thenardier.
(d) Father Mabeuf.

6. What is the title of Book I of Part III – Marius?
(a) “The Ship Orion.”
(b) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(c) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(d) “Paris Atomized.”

7. To whom does Marius go for permission to marry Cosette in Book VIII of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Monsieur Gillenormand.
(b) Monsieur Thenardier.
(c) Colonel Georges Pontmercy.
(d) Monsieur Mabeuf.

8. What is the title of Book V of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) “Mire, but Soul.”
(b) “Little Gavroche.”
(c) “The Grandfather and the Grandson.”
(d) “An End Unlike the Beginning.”

9. How old is Marius Pontmercy’s grandfather in Book II of Part III – Marius?
(a) 64.
(b) 90.
(c) 77.
(d) 83.

10. Marius’s friend who is a churchwarden helps get Marius a job where in Book V of Part III – Marius?
(a) A bank.
(b) A church.
(c) A school.
(d) A bookstore.

11. What is the title of Book VII in Part III – Marius?
(a) “Patron-Minette.”
(b) “A Counter-Blow.”
(c) “The Noxious Poor.”
(d) “Eponine.”

12. In the letter that was left to Marius by his father, he is instructed to find a young man with what name in Book III of Part III – Marius?
(a) Gillenormand.
(b) Thénardier.
(c) Pontmercy.
(d) Magloire.

13. What is Book III’s title in Part III – Marius?
(a) “The Grandfather and the Grandson.”
(b) “A Just Man.”
(c) “To Trust is Sometimes to Surrender.”
(d) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”

14. Book VII of Part IV – Saint Denis focuses on what?
(a) A detailed family history of Cosette.
(b) The Napoleonic Wars.
(c) The history of the French monarchy.
(d) Parisian street slang.

15. Who was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution in France?
(a) Mark III.
(b) James V.
(c) Charles X.
(d) Edward VII.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bacterial infection swept through Europe in 1832, killing over 18,000 people in Paris?

2. Approximately how many total casualties came about in the Paris Uprising of 1832?

3. Cosette spends her time in Book III of Part IV – Saint Denis longing for the young man from where?

4. The nickname that Marius assigns to Cosette before learning her name means what?

5. What is the title of Book VII in Part IV – Saint Denis?

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