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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Fantine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the boy from whom Jean Valjean steals a silver coin in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Petit Gervais.
(b) Georges Pontmercy.
(c) Felix Tholomyes.
(d) Enjolras.

3. What is the name of the police inspector who acts as a nemesis to Jean Valjean throughout Les Miserables?
(a) Feuilly.
(b) Javert.
(c) Enjolras.
(d) Bossuet.

4. What is the largest industry in Montreuil, according to the narrator in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Coal.
(b) House lumber.
(c) Ship lumber.
(d) Black beads.

5. Charles Myriel was forced to flee Italy during the French Revolution of what year?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1699.
(d) 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second thing that Fantine sells in order to make money when she becomes desperate after losing her job at the factory?

2. How many years have passed since Jean Valjean’s first encounter with M. Myriel in Book III of Part I – Fantine?

3. The police inspector in Montreuil threatens Fantine with what jail sentence for attacking a man who insulted her in Part I – Fantine?

4. What does M. Myriel insist that Jean Valjean take with him when he is brought back to Myriel’s home by the police?

5. In Book VI of Part I – Fantine, Javert claims that he has positively identified Champmathieu as Valjean and states that he is leaving for where to testify in the trial the following day?

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