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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - Marius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is October of what year that Jean Valjean enters Digne in Book II of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1815.

2. What is the name of Marius Pontmercy’s father?
(a) Theodule Pontmercy.
(b) Georges Pontmercy.
(c) Enjolras Pontmercy.
(d) Gavroche Pontmercy.

3. Whom does Jean Valjean rescue in Part I – Fantine by lifting him from underneath a fallen carriage?
(a) Bahorel.
(b) Fauchelevent.
(c) Tholomyes.
(d) Gavroche.

4. 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) Stones.
(b) Tree branches.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Dirt.

5. What are the names of the Thénardiers’ two daughters whom they spoil?
(a) Cosette and Fantine.
(b) Fantine and Eponine.
(c) Azelma and Cosette.
(d) Eponine and Azelma.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did Monsieur Madeleine become mayor of Montreuil?

3. Monasticism, the narrator claims in Book VII of Part II – Cosette, leads only to social isolation and what?

4. How much money does Jean Valjean offer Fauchelevent to let him and Cosette spend the night at his lodgings in Book V of Part II – Cosette?

5. Why was Jean Valjean’s prison sentence extended?

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