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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV - Saint Denis.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) “The Ship Orion.”
(b) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(c) “Paris Atomized.”
(d) “The Excellence of Misfortune.”

3. The narrator says that Monsieur Madeleine arrived in Montreuil in what year in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1815.

4. What is the name of Fantine’s hometown to which she returns in order to find work in Part I – Fantine?
(a) Arras.
(b) Feuilly.
(c) Toulon.
(d) Montreuil-sur-mer.

5. Book VII of Part IV – Saint Denis focuses on what?
(a) Parisian street slang.
(b) A detailed family history of Cosette.
(c) The Napoleonic Wars.
(d) The history of the French monarchy.

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. What does Eponine write on a piece of paper to prove she’s literate in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?

3. Marius’s friend who is a churchwarden helps get Marius a job where in Book V of Part III – Marius?

4. Where does Marius pronounce his love for Cosette in Book V of Part IV – Saint Denis?

5. What is written on the message that Marius hurls through the window in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?

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