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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Cosette.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book II of Part II – Cosette, newspaper articles suggest that Jean Valjean withdrew how many francs just before his arrest?
(a) 1,300,000.
(b) 159,000.
(c) 425,000.
(d) 700,000.

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

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

4. What is the title of Book VIII of Part I – Fantine?
(a) “The Ship Orion.”
(b) “A Counter-Blow.”
(c) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(d) “The Grand Bourgeois.”

5. In what year was Charles Myriel born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1740.
(c) 1685.
(d) 1807.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the police inspector who acts as a nemesis to Jean Valjean throughout Les Miserables?

2. Whom does Fantine beg to look after her daughter as she seeks work in Part I – Fantine?

3. How much money does Jean Valjean give to the Thénardiers for Cosette in Book III of Part II – Cosette?

4. The Orion is a warship that is said to be docked where in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

5. By what year does the narrator say in Book VII of Part II – Cosette that there are no new recruits and the nuns of the convent begin to die off?

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