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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what do the nuns convince Fauchelevent to fill a coffin in order to avoid breaking Parisian law by burying a nun in the convent in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Tree branches.
(b) Stones.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Dirt.

2. Fauchelevent believes that Valjean is hiding from whom in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) Creditors.
(b) Javert.
(c) His family.
(d) Beggars.

3. How old is Cosette when she is introduced in Book III of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 16.

4. What is the title of Book V of Part II – Cosette?
(a) “The Ship Orion.”
(b) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(c) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”
(d) “A Dark Chase Requires a Silent Hound.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To how many years in prison was Jean Valjean initially sentenced for stealing a loaf of bread?

2. What is the name of the young law student with whom Fantine falls in love in Part I – Fantine?

3. Fauchelevent helps Jean Valjean secure work as what in Book VIII 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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