Les Misérables - Quiz
Les Misérables
  • 1. What is the meaning of the French letters "ABC" in the context of the Friends of the ABC?
A) The activists
B) The alliance
C) The avant-garde
D) The abased
  • 2. Which member of the Friends of the ABC represents the philosophy of the revolution?
A) Enjolras
B) Feuilly
C) Combeferre
D) Bahorel
  • 3. Who is Marius's closest companion and described as the centre of the group of Friends?
A) Joly
B) Grantaire
C) Courfeyrac
D) Lesgle
  • 4. Who is executed alongside Enjolras after the barricade falls?
A) Feuilly
B) Grantaire
C) Combeferre
D) Courfeyrac
  • 5. What is Feuilly's profession before he joins the Friends?
A) Medical student
B) Churchwarden
C) Law student
D) Fan maker
  • 6. Which member of the Friends of the ABC is a passionate Polonophile?
A) Feuilly
B) Joly
C) Bahorel
D) Lesgle
  • 7. What languages does Jean Prouvaire (Jehan) have knowledge of?
A) Italian, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
B) Spanish, German, and Latin
C) Russian, German, and Hebrew
D) English, French, and Greek
  • 8. What is Joly's medical condition and personality trait?
A) He is a hypochondriac and the happiest of the Friends
B) He is deaf and aggressive
C) He is blind and depressed
D) He has amnesia and is very serious
  • 9. At what age does Lesgle begin balding?
A) Thirty-five
B) Twenty-five
C) Thirty
D) Twenty
  • 10. Who introduces Marius to the Friends of the ABC?
A) Courfeyrac
B) Mabeuf
C) Lesgle
D) Enjolras
  • 11. Who is Azelma?
A) Bishop Myriel's sister
B) The younger daughter of the Thénardiers
C) The prioress of the Petit-Picpus convent
D) Fantine's friend and seamstress
  • 12. What role does Bamatabois play later in the novel after harassing Fantine?
A) Juror at Champmathieu's trial
B) A judge in Paris
C) A prison guard in Toulon
D) An officer in the National Guard
  • 13. Who is (Mlle) Baptistine Myriel?
A) Housekeeper of the Gorbeau House
B) Valjean and Cosette's servant
C) Mother of Cosette
D) Bishop Myriel's sister
  • 14. Where is Blachevelle originally from?
A) Toulouse
B) Limoges
C) Cahors
D) Montauban
  • 15. Who is Madame Bougon?
A) Domestic servant to Bishop Myriel
B) Fantine's seamstress friend
C) Housekeeper of the Gorbeau House
D) Prioress of the Petit-Picpus convent
  • 16. What distinct item did Brevet use to wear?
A) A red woolen cap
B) A silver ring with a ruby
C) A gold pocket watch
D) Knitted, checkered suspenders
  • 17. How does the author describe Brujon?
A) A sprightly young fellow, very cunning and very adroit
B) A slow and clumsy pickpocket
C) An educated but arrogant nobleman
D) A large, menacing brute with a scar
  • 18. Why is Champmathieu initially misidentified as Valjean?
A) After trying to rob a convent
B) After escaping from the prison in Arras
C) After fighting with Javert in the street
D) After being caught stealing apples
  • 19. What did Chenildieu attempt to remove by putting his shoulder on a chafing dish full of embers?
A) His lifer's brand TFP
B) A tattoo that read 1 Mars 1815
C) A birthmark on his left arm
D) A scar from the Battle of Waterloo
  • 20. What was Cochepaille's occupation before becoming a smuggler and lifer?
A) Churchwarden in Paris
B) Farmer from Montauban
C) Soldier in Napoleon's army
D) Shepherd from the Pyrenees
  • 21. What specific tattoo does Cochepaille have on his arm?
A) A golden eagle
B) The letters ABC
C) 1 Mars 1815
D) TFP
  • 22. Who erroneously believes M. Thénardier saved his life at Waterloo?
A) Colonel Georges Pontmercy
B) Mabeuf
C) Félix Tholomyès
D) M. Gillenormand
  • 23. How does Colonel Pontmercy secretly look at Marius on Sundays?
A) He watches from the window of Gorbeau House
B) He sits across from them at a café
C) He waits outside the university gates
D) He hides behind a pillar in the church
  • 24. What title does Napoleon give to Colonel Pontmercy that the next regime refuses to recognize?
A) Baron
B) Marquis
C) General
D) Count
  • 25. With whom does Dahlia become romantically involved?
A) Blachevelle
B) Listolier
C) Tholomyès
D) Fameuil
  • 26. Where is Fameuil originally from?
A) Limoges
B) Montauban
C) Cahors
D) Toulouse
  • 27. How does Valjean (as M. Madeleine) save Fauchelevent?
A) From being crushed under a carriage
B) From freezing on the streets of Paris
C) From being arrested by Javert
D) From drowning in the sewer
  • 28. What job does Valjean secure for Fauchelevent at a Paris convent?
A) Library assistant
B) Gardener
C) Cook
D) Gatekeeper
  • 29. Who is the leader of Fantine's group of seamstress friends?
A) Favourite
B) Azelma
C) Zéphine
D) Dahlia
  • 30. Who is the mother of Marius?
A) Mademoiselle Gillenormand
B) Fantine
C) Magnon
D) M. Gillenormand's late daughter from another marriage
  • 31. What are the political leanings of Monsieur Gillenormand?
A) He is a monarchist
B) He is a Bonapartist
C) He is a radical republican
D) He has no interest in politics
  • 32. Who is Théodule Gillenormand?
A) A student in the Friends of the ABC
B) Army officer and Marius's cousin
C) Marius's biological father
D) Marius's uncle
  • 33. Where is Listolier originally from?
A) Limoges
B) Montauban
C) Toulouse
D) Cahors
  • 34. How does Mabeuf pay for a friend's medical care?
A) He steals a purse from his yard
B) He sells his books and prints
C) He sells his churchwarden position
D) He borrows money from M. Gillenormand
  • 35. What happens when Mabeuf finds a purse in his yard?
A) He gives it to Gavroche
B) He takes it to the police
C) He uses it to pay his rent
D) He keeps it to buy more plants
  • 36. How does Mabeuf die?
A) He is crushed under a carriage
B) He is shot dead raising the flag atop the barricade
C) He dies of an epidemic in the streets
D) He is executed by Enjolras for treason
  • 37. Who is Magloire?
A) Housekeeper of the Gorbeau House
B) Domestic servant to Bishop Myriel and his sister
C) Toussaint's sister
D) Prioress of the Petit-Picpus convent
  • 38. Whose children does Magnon use to replace her two dead sons to protect her income?
A) Fantine's daughter Cosette
B) Gavroche and his brothers
C) The Thénardiers' two youngest sons
D) Fauchelevent's grandchildren
  • 39. What is the real name of Mother Innocente, the prioress of the Petit-Picpus convent?
A) Marguerite de Blemeur
B) Baptistine Myriel
C) Madame Bougon
D) Toussaint
  • 40. Which bandits make up the quartet known as Patron-Minette?
A) Blachevelle, Listolier, Fameuil, and Tholomyès
B) Brujon, Bamatabois, Chenildieu, and Cochepaille
C) Montparnasse, Claquesous, Babet, and Gueulemer
D) Brevet, Champmathieu, Valjean, and Javert
  • 41. Under what alias does Claquesous join the revolution after escaping prison?
A) Le Cabuc
B) R
C) The Eagle
D) Bossuet
  • 42. Why does Enjolras execute Claquesous (acting as Le Cabuc)?
A) For trying to steal money from the barricade
B) For firing on civilians
C) For abandoning his post during the night
D) For revealing revolutionary secrets to Javert
  • 43. Who is Petit Gervais?
A) A young student in the Friends of the ABC
B) A travelling Savoyard boy who drops a coin
C) One of the Thénardiers' youngest sons
D) A prisoner in Toulon who knew Valjean
  • 44. What does Valjean do when Petit Gervais drops his coin?
A) He places his foot on the coin and refuses to return it
B) He turns the boy in to the police
C) He steals the boy's bag and runs away
D) He helps him pick it up and gives him another coin
  • 45. Who is Sister Simplice?
A) Housekeeper of the Gorbeau House
B) Bishop Myriel's sister
C) A famously truthful nun who lies to Javert to protect Valjean
D) The prioress of the Petit-Picpus convent
  • 46. Who is Cosette's biological father?
A) Félix Tholomyès
B) Colonel Georges Pontmercy
C) Fauchelevent
D) M. Gillenormand
  • 47. When does Félix Tholomyès abandon Fantine?
A) When Fantine falls ill
B) When their daughter is two years old
C) When Cosette is five years old
D) Before Cosette is even born
  • 48. What is a notable speech characteristic of Toussaint?
A) She speaks only in French and Latin
B) She speaks with a strong foreign accent
C) She whispers constantly
D) She has a slight stutter
  • 49. Who treats the Thénardiers' two youngest sons like brothers, unaware they are actually his siblings?
A) Montparnasse
B) Gavroche
C) Enjolras
D) Marius
  • 50. What do the Thénardiers' two youngest sons do after Gavroche's death?
A) They become servants at the Petit-Picpus convent
B) They join the Friends of the ABC at the barricade
C) They retrieve bread tossed by a bourgeois man to geese in a fountain at the Luxembourg Garden
D) They travel to America with their father
  • 51. With whom does Zéphine become romantically involved?
A) Listolier
B) Tholomyès
C) Fameuil
D) Blachevelle
  • 52. What is the primary color or association of Lesgle's nicknames?
A) The Lion
B) The Fox
C) The Eagle
D) The Wolf
  • 53. Which of the Friends of the ABC is described as a dandy and an idler from a peasant background?
A) Courfeyrac
B) Joly
C) Bahorel
D) Combeferre
  • 54. What is Enjolras passionately committed to?
A) Accumulating wealth and property
B) Religious philosophy and the Middle Ages
C) The restoration of the French monarchy
D) Republican principles and the idea of progress
  • 55. Who is described as a Romantic with knowledge of multiple ancient languages and an interest in the Middle Ages?
A) Feuilly
B) Combeferre
C) Courfeyrac
D) Jean Prouvaire
  • 56. What happened to Azelma and Éponine as they grew older?
A) They became wealthy seamstress leaders
B) They inherited a large fortune
C) They became impoverished
D) They became nuns at the Petit-Picpus convent
  • 57. Where does Azelma go at the end of the novel?
A) She stays in Paris with Marius and Cosette
B) She travels to America with her father
C) She moves to Montauban
D) She joins a convent in Arras
  • 58. In what year is Brevet serving time in the prison in Arras for an unknown crime?
A) 1830
B) 1815
C) 1823
D) 1840
  • 59. Who is the first person to claim that Champmathieu is really Valjean?
A) Cochepaille
B) Chenildieu
C) Brevet
D) Javert
  • 60. How long were Chenildieu and Valjean chain mates in Toulon?
A) Ten years
B) One year
C) Five years
D) Twenty years
  • 61. What was Colonel Pontmercy's military status under the regime that followed Napoleon?
A) He was referred to only as a commandant
B) He was promoted to general
C) He was stripped of all military titles entirely
D) He was made a full marshal
  • 62. Where was Colonel Pontmercy wounded?
A) Toulon
B) Paris
C) Waterloo
D) Arras
  • 63. Who helps Marius realize his father truly loved him?
A) Mabeuf
B) Théodule Gillenormand
C) Courfeyrac
D) M. Gillenormand
  • 64. Why did Magnon receive child support payments from M. Gillenormand?
A) To compensate for the loss of her home
B) For her two illegitimate sons she claimed were fathered by him
C) As a pension for her service during the war
D) For her work as his former servant
  • 65. Why is Magnon incorrectly arrested?
A) For stealing apples from Champmathieu
B) For hiding Valjean in the convent
C) For involvement in the Gorbeau robbery
D) For attacking Fantine in the street
  • 66. Who cares for Fantine on her sickbed?
A) Sister Simplice
B) Madame Magloire
C) Mademoiselle Baptistine
D) Mother Innocente
  • 67. Who are Valjean and Cosette's domestic servants in Paris?
A) Magnon
B) Toussaint
C) Madame Magloire
D) Madame Bougon
  • 68. Who is the author of Les Misérables?
A) Eugène François Vidocq
B) Baron La Roncière
C) Victor Hugo
D) Eugène Sue
  • 69. When was Les Misérables first published?
A) 31 March 1862
B) December 1846
C) 16 February 1833
D) 22 February 1846
  • 70. What is an alternative English title used for the novel?
A) The French Convict
B) The Wretched
C) The Paris Rebels
D) The Miserable Victor
  • 71. Which of the following is another alternative title for the novel?
A) The Dispossessed
B) The Streets of Paris
C) The Noble Thief
D) The Bishop of Digne
  • 72. What real-life person is Jean Valjean's character loosely based on?
A) Eugène François Vidocq
B) Léonie d'Aunet
C) Baron La Roncière
D) Bienvenu de Miollis
  • 73. When did Hugo visit the Bagne of Toulon and take notes?
A) 1839
B) 1861
C) 1829
D) 1845
  • 74. When did Hugo witness the arrest of a bread thief while a duchess watched from her coach?
A) 31 March 1862
B) 22 February 1846
C) 16 February 1833
D) December 1846
  • 75. In which town did Hugo spend several vacations?
A) Toulon
B) Digne
C) Montreuil-sur-Mer
D) Conciergerie
  • 76. What insurrection did Hugo participate in more directly in 1848?
A) The Battle of Waterloo
B) The 1848 Paris insurrection
C) The 1832 June Rebellion
D) The French Revolution
  • 77. Who might have inspired the character Gavroche?
A) A street urchin
B) A bread thief
C) A factory worker
D) A corrupt police officer
  • 78. When is Marius and Cosette's wedding night set?
A) December 1846
B) 31 March 1862
C) 22 February 1846
D) 16 February 1833
  • 79. What year did Hugo inspect Waterloo?
A) 1846
B) 1839
C) 1832
D) 1861
  • 80. What is another alternative title for Les Misérables mentioned in the text?
A) The Victims
B) The Paris Barricade
C) The Bishop's Grace
D) The Convict's Tale
  • 81. Who described the novel as 'one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world'?
A) The Italian publisher
B) Upton Sinclair
C) Victor Hugo
D) An anonymous critic
  • 82. According to the preface mentioned in the text, what complicates a destiny that is divine?
A) Human fatality
B) Ignorance and misery
C) Divine intervention
D) Social progress
  • 83. What is the degradation of man caused by, according to the text's three problems of the age?
A) Spiritual night
B) Ignorance
C) Starvation
D) Poverty
  • 84. What is the ruin of women caused by?
A) Social asphyxia
B) Poverty
C) Starvation
D) Law and custom
  • 85. Towards the end of the novel, the overarching structure is described as a progress from evil to what?
A) Justice
B) Heaven
C) Good
D) Truth
  • 86. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from injustice to what?
A) Truth
B) Justice
C) Life
D) God
  • 87. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from falsehood to what?
A) Truth
B) Conscience
C) Good
D) Light
  • 88. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from night to what?
A) Day
B) Heaven
C) God
D) Life
  • 89. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from appetite to what?
A) Good
B) Duty
C) Conscience
D) Soul
  • 90. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from corruption to what?
A) Truth
B) Heaven
C) God
D) Life
  • 91. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from bestiality to what?
A) Conscience
B) Soul
C) Duty
D) Justice
  • 92. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from hell to what?
A) God
B) Heaven
C) Day
D) Life
  • 93. In the novel's overarching structure, the progress moves from nothingness to what?
A) Soul
B) Heaven
C) Truth
D) God
  • 94. What is the starting point in the novel's overarching structure?
A) Evil
B) The hydra
C) Matter
D) Night
  • 95. What is the destination in the novel's overarching structure?
A) The soul
B) Heaven
C) God
D) The angel
  • 96. What creature is at the beginning of the novel's overarching structure?
A) The beast
B) The hydra
C) The monster
D) The angel
  • 97. What creature is at the end of the novel's overarching structure?
A) The angel
B) The hydra
C) God
D) The soul
  • 98. What is Jean Valjean's background?
A) Emperor
B) Ex-convict
C) Slave owner
D) Publisher
  • 99. How many books are in the entire novel?
A) 365
B) 5
C) 655
D) 48
  • 100. How many chapters are in the entire novel?
A) 48
B) 365
C) 655,478
D) 5
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