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

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

3. The police inspector in Montreuil threatens Fantine with what jail sentence for attacking a man who insulted her in Part I – Fantine?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 1 month.

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

5. What is the title of Book I in Part I – Fantine?
(a) “The Descent.”
(b) “In the Year 1817.”
(c) “To Trust is Sometimes to Surrender.”
(d) “A Just Man.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Jean Valjean held what profession before he was incarcerated?

2. What is the title of Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

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

4. What nation was victorious at the Battle of Waterloo?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What internal conflict does Jean Valjean face in Book VI of Part I – Fantine? How does he resolve the conflict?

3. How old is Cosette when she is reintroduced in Book III of Part II – Cosette? How is her living situation described?

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

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

6. What does Bishop Myriel tell Jean Valjean about his suffering in Part I – Fantine?

7. What information is related from the character named Boulatruelle in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

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

9. What leads to Jean Valjean’s epiphany in Book II of Part I – Fantine? What does he realize?

10. How does Jean Valjean escape from the dead-end alleyway in Book V of Part II – Cosette?

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