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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 first thing that Fantine sells in order to make money when she becomes desperate after losing her job at the factory?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her horse.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her teeth.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book V of Part I – Fantine?

2. The nuns of the convent in Book VI of Part II – Cosette are an order founded by what Spaniard?

3. For how many years has Jean Valjean been in prison when his character is introduced in Part I – Fantine?

4. It is October of what year that Jean Valjean enters Digne in Book II of Part I – Fantine?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. From what narrative point of view is Les Miserables related? What are the characteristics of this narrative style?

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

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

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

10. Where does Cosette meet Jean Valjean in Book III of Part II – Cosette? What are her impressions of him?

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