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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fauchelevent helps Jean Valjean secure work as what in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?
(a) A lumberjack.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A banker.
(d) A bellhop.

2. How many years have passed since Fantine has been to her hometown in Book V of Part I – Fantine?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 22.

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

4. It is November of what year that a sailor on the Orion falls off one of the ship’s masts in Book II of Part II – Cosette?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1817.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1814.

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

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

3. On what date was the Battle of Waterloo fought?

4. What is the largest industry in Montreuil, according to the narrator in Part I – Fantine?

5. What is the name of Fantine’s hometown to which she returns in order to find work in Part I – Fantine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jean Valjean described in Book II of Part I – Fantine? Where has Jean Valjean come from?

2. What internal conflict does Jean Valjean face in Book VI of Part I – Fantine? How does he resolve the conflict?

3. Where does Cosette meet Jean Valjean in Book III of Part II – Cosette? What are her impressions of him?

4. How is Fantine’s position in society described when she is introduced in Part I – Fantine?

5. How is the character of Javert described in Part I – Fantine? What role does Javert play in the novel?

6. How is the history of Petit-Picpus described in Book VI of Part II – Cosette?

7. What information is related from the character named Boulatruelle in Book II of Part II – Cosette?

8. How does Jean Valjean respond to the advice of Bishop Myriel in Book II of Part I – Fantine? Where do his actions lead him?

9. How has Jean Valjean changed after he’s been out of prison for two years in Part I – Fantine? How does Jean Valjean first encounter Fantine?

10. How does Jean Valjean escape and reenter the convent in Book VIII of Part II – Cosette?

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