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"Les Miserables" Forever Trivia Quiz

Do you consider yourself a "Les Mis" freak?

A multiple-choice quiz by Raquelinha. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Raquelinha

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,410

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
838

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. What was the name of one of the convicts recognising Champmathieu as Jean Valjean? Hint

Nevau

Briguenaille

Chenildieu

Dubois

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Question 2 of 15

2. What did Cosette name her doll, given by Valjean? Hint

Cataline

Sabrine

Christine

Catherine

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Question 3 of 15

3. What was Valjean's convict number when he was recaptured? Hint

2,430

24,601

9,430

6,460

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Question 4 of 15

4. What was the name of the Savoyard who was robbed by Jean Valjean? Hint

Petit Rouger

Petit Gourbeau

Petit Gervais

Petit Denis

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Question 5 of 15

5. What is the name of the village Madeleine makes a fortune in? Hint

Montreuil-sur-Mer

Calais

Montmerfeil

Saint-Germain

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Question 6 of 15

6. On which street was the convent Cosette stayed with her father? Hint

Sainte-Genevieve

Martin Verga

Rue Droit-Mur

Petit-Picpus

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who is the father of Marius Pontmercy? Hint

Jondrette

M. Gillenormand

Georges Pontmercy

Patron-Minette

8. "'Another quarter of an hour of this success, and there will not be any cartridges left in the barricade' Enjolras said.
Courfeyrac suddenly caught sight of someone at the base of the barricade, outside in the street, amid the bullets."
Who was this BOY? Hint

Gavroche

Marius

Petit Gervais

Boulatruelle

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is Jondrette's real identity? Hint

Thenardier

Marius

Jean Valjean

Javert

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Question 10 of 15

10. When Valjean arrives at the town of Digne, no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an ex-convict. Desperate, Valjean knocks on someone's door. Whose door? Hint

Mr Myriel

Mr Tholomy�s

Mr Mabeuf

Mr Leblanc

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who is Cosette's biological father? Hint

Montparnasse

Tholomy�s

Jean Valjean

Thenardier

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who is the intruder? Hint

Javert

Bossuet

Bahorel

Jean Prouvaire

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who was the British commander in the Battle of Waterloo? Hint

Wellington

Wellesley

Wilkinson

Hookey

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Question 14 of 15

14. Where was Javert born? Hint

in a farm

in a factory

in a court room

in a jail

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Question 15 of 15

15. How long did it take to Victor Hugo write the novel? Hint

22 years

11 years

16 years

20 years

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of one of the convicts recognising Champmathieu as Jean Valjean?

Answer: Chenildieu

"It shall please the court to summon once more into this place the convicts Brevet, Cochepaille, and Chenildieu, and Police-Inspector Javert, and question them for the last time as to the identity of the prisoner with the convict Jean Valjean."

2. What did Cosette name her doll, given by Valjean?

Answer: Catherine

"Cosette hastily withdrew her hand, as though that of the "lady" scorched her, and began to stare at the floor. We are forced to add that at that moment she stuck out her tongue immoderately. All at once she wheeled round and seized the doll in a transport.

'I shall call her Catherine,' she said."

3. What was Valjean's convict number when he was recaptured?

Answer: 9,430

Chapter I. Number 24,601 becomes Number 9,430.

4. What was the name of the Savoyard who was robbed by Jean Valjean?

Answer: Petit Gervais

Valjean's encounter with Petit Gervais in Book II of "Fantine" is the first interaction Valjean has after he leaves Myriel's house in Digne.

5. What is the name of the village Madeleine makes a fortune in?

Answer: Montreuil-sur-Mer

Valjean masks his identity and enters the town of Montreuil-sur-mer. Under the assumed name of Madeleine, Valjean invents an ingenious manufacturing process that brings the town prosperity.

6. On which street was the convent Cosette stayed with her father?

Answer: Petit-Picpus

This convent, which in 1824 had "already existed for many a long year in the Rue Petit-Picpus", was a community of Bernardines of the obedience of Martin Verga.

7. Who is the father of Marius Pontmercy?

Answer: Georges Pontmercy

Marius Pontmercy is a young man who lives with his wealthy grandfather, M. Gillenormand. Because of political differences within the family, Marius has never met his father, Georges Pontmercy.

8. "'Another quarter of an hour of this success, and there will not be any cartridges left in the barricade' Enjolras said. Courfeyrac suddenly caught sight of someone at the base of the barricade, outside in the street, amid the bullets." Who was this BOY?

Answer: Gavroche

Gavroche had taken a bottle basket from the wine-shop, had made his way out through the cut, and was quietly engaged in emptying the full cartridge-boxes of the National Guardsmen who had been killed on the slope of the redoubt, into his basket.

9. What is Jondrette's real identity?

Answer: Thenardier

The Jondrettes are in fact the Th�nardiers, who have lost their inn and moved to Paris under an assumed name.

10. When Valjean arrives at the town of Digne, no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an ex-convict. Desperate, Valjean knocks on someone's door. Whose door?

Answer: Mr Myriel

The Bishop of Digne.

11. Who is Cosette's biological father?

Answer: Tholomy�s

Fantine, a young woman from Montreuil, lives in Paris. She falls in love with Tholomy�s, a wealthy student who gets her pregnant and then abandons her.

12. Who is the intruder?

Answer: Javert

All the rest are revolutionary students.

13. Who was the British commander in the Battle of Waterloo?

Answer: Wellington

"At five o'clock Wellington drew out his watch, and he was heard to murmur these sinister words, 'Blucher, or night!'"

14. Where was Javert born?

Answer: in a jail

He was born in prison; his mother was a future teller and his father a convict.

15. How long did it take to Victor Hugo write the novel?

Answer: 16 years

In 1845 he began to write Les Mis�rables and in 1861 it was finished.

Source: Author Raquelinha

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