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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A bag of money.
(c) Silver candlesticks.
(d) A silver coin.

2. 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 daughter.
(c) His granddaughter.
(d) His niece.

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

4. What is the name of the old road-mender seen digging holes in the forest in Montfermeil in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Gavroche.
(b) Javert.
(c) Joly.
(d) Boulatruelle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Book VIII of Part I – Fantine?

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

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Jean Valjean changed after he’s been out of prison for two years in Part I – Fantine? How does Jean Valjean first encounter Fantine?

2. When and where does the narrative begin in Book I of Part I – Fantine? How is Bishop Myriel described?

3. How does Jean Valjean succeed in rescuing Cosette in Book III of Part II – Cosette?

4. How is Fantine’s position in society described when she is introduced in Part I – Fantine?

5. How is Jean Valjean described in Book II of Part I – Fantine? Where has Jean Valjean come from?

6. What is related in the newspaper article concerning the Orion in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

7. How does Jean Valjean escape and reenter the convent in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

8. What does Bishop Myriel impress upon Jean Valjean when he gives him the candlesticks in Book II of Part I – Fantine? How does Valjean react?

9. How is the character of Javert described in Part I – Fantine? What role does Javert play in the novel?

10. What was the significance of the Battle of Waterloo for the French, according to the narrator in Book I of Part II – Cosette?

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