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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Book I of Part III – Marius?
(a) “The Grand Bourgeois.”
(b) “The Ship Orion.”
(c) “Cemeteries Take What is Given Them.”
(d) “Paris Atomized.”

2. What is the hometown of Marius’s father to which Marius rides in order to see him in Book III of Part III – Marius?
(a) Montreuil-sur-mer.
(b) Vernon.
(c) Toulon.
(d) Lyon.

3. In what Paris suburb does Eponine tell Marius Cosette is living in Book II of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Champs-Élysées.
(b) Saint-Germain.
(c) Place de la Bastille.
(d) Les Halles.

4. Approximately how many total casualties came about in the Paris Uprising of 1832?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 800.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 350.

5. Whom does Gavroche discover to be a military spy in Book XII Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) Fauchelevent.
(b) Javert.
(c) Montparnasse.
(d) Bruneseau.

6. What is the title of Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) “Little Gavroche.”
(b) “Argot.”
(c) “Where Are They Going?”
(d) “Mire, but Soul.”

7. What is the title of Book IX in Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) “The Intestine of Leviathan.”
(b) “Little Gavroche.”
(c) “Where Are They Going?”
(d) “Javert Derailed.”

8. Marius’s friend who is a churchwarden helps get Marius a job where in Book V of Part III – Marius?
(a) A school.
(b) A church.
(c) A bank.
(d) A bookstore.

9. The Friends of the ABC is a fictional society that is based on what historical association?
(a) Republican Society of Secrecy.
(b) Society of the Rights of Man.
(c) Society of the Brotherhood.
(d) Underground Polish Society.

10. What is the title of Book V of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) “Mire, but Soul.”
(b) “Little Gavroche.”
(c) “An End Unlike the Beginning.”
(d) “The Grandfather and the Grandson.”

11. After discovering the handkerchief he believes is Cosette’s, Marius re-nicknames her what in Part III – Marius?
(a) Eponine.
(b) Azelma.
(c) Fantine.
(d) Ursula.

12. The Thénardiers force Valjean to write a note summoning whom to the apartment in Book VIII of Part III – Marius?
(a) Eponine.
(b) Combeferre.
(c) Cosette.
(d) Grantaire.

13. From what location does Gavroche rescue Thénardier in Book VI of Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) An attic.
(b) A basement.
(c) A closet.
(d) A rooftop.

14. How old is Marius Pontmercy’s grandfather in Book II of Part III – Marius?
(a) 90.
(b) 64.
(c) 77.
(d) 83.

15. What is the title of Book I in Part IV – Saint Denis?
(a) “An End Unlike the Beginning.”
(b) “Argot.”
(c) “Little Gavroche.”
(d) “A Few Pages of History.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What group in 1830 supported the deposed Bourbon dynasty?

2. What letter is stitched on the handkerchief that Marius finds and believes to be Cosette’s in Part III – Marius?

3. What is the name of Marius Pontmercy’s grandfather who raised him?

4. What is Book III’s title in Part III – Marius?

5. Before he learns Cosette’s name, Marius refers to her as what nickname in Part III – Marius?

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