Les Miserables Quizzes

Les Miserables Quiz 1

By Alexandra Nichipor · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed November 20, 2015

1 Who is the first character described in Les Miserables?

Myriel

Enjolras

Fantine

Jean Valjean
2 What is Myriel's background?

He was imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread

He was born out of wedlock

He was the son of a wealthy family destroyed by the French Revolution

He was a student and revolutionary
3 What is NOT one of the stories told about Myriel?

Bandits returned stolen items to him

He donated one of his kidneys

He turned the bishop's palace into a hospital

He offers last rites to the most despised people in the community
4 What was Jean Valjean originally imprisoned for?

Stealing a candlestick

Stealing a loaf of bread

Spitting in the face of a nobleman

Murdering the man who raped his sister
5 How do most people react to Valjean when he comes to Digne?

They take no notice of him

They greet him warmly

They do not want to associate with him because he is an ex-convict

They are friendly to him
6 Where does Valjean finally find shelter?

In a small inn

In a kennel

In Bishop Myriel's house

In a barn
7 How does Myriel react when the police bring Valjean back to his house?

He admonishes Valjean for forgetting the silver candlesticks

He pretends not to recognize Valjean

He curses him for robbing his host

He takes back the silver in order to donate it to charity
8 What makes Fantine especially devastated when Tholomyés abandons her?

He had given her an engagement ring

He is the father of her child

He pays her rent

He owes her money
9 What is the "surprise" that Tholomyés and his friends have planned for Fantine and her friends?

Having an orgy

Buying them puppies

Travelling to England

Sending them a note saying that they have left them forever
10 What is NOT one of the things that Fantine does to earn money after being fired from her factory job?

Selling her teeth

Selling plasma

Selling her hair

Prostitution
11 Why is Fantine fired from her factory job?

She comes in late to work

A nosy neighbor discovers she has an illegitimate child

Monsieur Madeleine does not like her

She refuses her boss's sexual advances
12 What industry does Valjean revive?

Farming

Shipping and receiving

Manufacture of tulle

Manufacture of black beads
13 How does Javert recognize Valjean's true identity?

Valjean sings part of a prison chant

Javert sees Valjean's prison tattoo

Valjean shows his great strength by lifting a cart off an injured man

Javert recognizes Valjean's candlesticks
14 Why is Fantine arrested by Javert?

She steals a loaf of bread for her daughter

She assaults a young man after he shoves a snowball down her dress

Javert arrests her during a sting on a brothel

She scratches Javert's face
15 Why is Champmathieu significant?

He forces Valjean to decide between hiding his criminal past and doing the righteous thing

He commits a great wrong against Valjean, inspiring him to take revenge

He is the father of Cosette

He is related to Valjean, and exposes his criminal past
16 What is NOT one of the reasons why Valjean reluctant to provide assistance at Champmathieu's trial?

He fears his return to prison will destroy the industry of Montreuil-sur-mer

He does not want to fail Fantine's last wish

He knows Champmathieu is a hardened killer

He does not want to return to prison
17 How does the court react to Valjean's proclamation of his true identity at the trial of Champmathieu?

They arrest him immediately

They haul him to a lunatic asylum

They do not believe him at first, thinking he must be confused

Champmathieu punches him
18 How does Valjean convince the court of his true identity?

He gives details of his crimes that only he would know

He produces his birth certificate

He pays the magistrate to convict him

He describes physical features of his fellow prisoners
19 What happens to Valjean after the Champmathieu affair?

Champmathieu is so impressed with his generosity that he volunteers to go to prison in Valjean's place

He lives free, and the matter is never brought up again

He is arrested and sent back to prison shortly after

He is pardoned because of his great service to France
20 How does Valjean escape from prison?

A nun sneaks him out of the prison

He saves a man's life, then falls into the ocean and is never found

He disappears on a distant shore when his ship comes to harbor

He hides in a shipment of turnips
21 What major historical event is described in Chapter One of Part Two?

The French Revolution

Napoleon's youth

The Industrial Revolution

Waterloo
22 What is the main reason why the Thénardiers value Cosette?

For prostitution

For her labor and the money they extort from her mother

For her cuteness

For the love she offers them
23 What is Cosette most afraid of?

Heights

The dark

Strangers

Spiders
24 What does Valjean do when the Thénardiers overcharge him?

Leaves the inn

Refuses, threatening to report them to the police

Challenges them to an arm-wrestling contest

Pays what they ask
25 What amazing gift does Valjean get for Cosette?

A large beautiful doll

A pink dress

A gold bracelet

A kitten

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