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Les Misérables

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Jean Valjean's first prisoner number?

a)

246810

b)

9430

c)

24601

d)

26401

2.

What was Jean Valjean's second prisoner number?

a)

246810

b)

9430

c)

24601

d)

26401

3.

What is the name of the little girl Jean Valjean adopted?

a)

Euphrasie

b)

Colette

c)

Fantine

d)

Cosette

e)

Eponine

4.

What was the name of Valjean's adopted daughter's mother?

a)

Nadine

b)

Fantine

c)

Cecile

d)

Favourite

5.

What are the names of the main members of Les Amis de l'ABC, and how many members were there?

a)

(10) Enjolras, Cosette, Jean Valjean, Montparnasse, Thenardier, Eponine, Grantaire, Napoleon, Mr. Darcy, Fauchelevent

b)

(5) Cosette, Eponine, Babet, Fantine, Jean Valjean

c)

(9) Enjolras, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Jean 'Jehan' Prouvaire, Feuilly, Joly, Lesgle 'Bossuet', Bahorel, Grantaire

d)

(10) Enjolras, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Marius, Jean 'Jehan' Prouvaire, Feuilly, Joly, Lesgle 'Bossuet', Grantaire, Gavroche

e)

(12) Enjolras, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Marius, Jean 'Jehan' Prouvaire, Feuilly, Joly, Lesgle 'Bossuet', Grantaire, Gavroche, Eponine, Jean Valjean

6.

What are the names of the four heads of the Parisian street gang; Patron Minette?

a)

Gueulemer (Brujon), Thenardier, Claquesous, Montparnasse

b)

Montparnasse, Eponine, Javert, Thenardier

c)

Gueulemer (Brujon), Babet, Claquesous, Montparnasse

d)

Gavroche, Montparnasse, Azelma, Cosette

e)

Thenardier, Montparnasse, Claquesous, Babet

7.

What are the names of the Thenardier children (excluding the unnamed younger boys) in age order (left eldest, right youngest)?

a)

Montparnasse, Eponine, Gavroche, Azelma

b)

Montparnasse, Cosette, Eponine, Gavroche

c)

Eponine, Azelma, Gavroche

d)

Azelma, Eponine, Gavroche

e)

Eponine, Gavroche

8.

When does Les Miserables take place (years and revolution)?

a)

1815-1832. During the French Revolution.

b)

1776-1803. During the American Revolution.

c)

1815-1832. After the French Revolution.

d)

1864-1899. After the French Revolution.

e)

1820-1840. During the Industrial Revolution.

9.

Why was Jean Valjean put in prison, and why?

a)

He stole a loaf of bread and killed his sister's child.

b)

He stole a loaf of bread to save his sister's child.

c)

He robbed a house.

d)

He broke a windowpane.

e)

He stole silver from an elderly bishop.

10.

Who wrote the book Les Miserables?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Jean Valjean

c)

Victor Hugo

d)

Oscar Wilde

e)

William Shakespeare

11.

Where does Les Miserables take place?

a)

France

b)

America

c)

England

d)

Spain

e)

Scotland

12.

Where, what, and who did Valjean steal from?

a)

Paris, silver, a bishop.

b)

Paris, money, a priest.

c)

Digne, silver, a bishop.

d)

Digne, jewelry, a bishop.

e)

Montreuil-sur-Mer, books, a gardener

13.

Who killed Javert?

a)

Jean Valjean

b)

Enjolras

c)

Himself

d)

He didn't die

e)

Napoleon

14.

What does "Les Miserables" mean in English?

a)

The Miserables.

b)

Less Miserable

c)

The Miserable Ones

d)

Revolution and despair

e)

Despair.

15.

How long is the longest English translation of Les Miserables?

a)

Around 500 pages.

b)

Around 1000 pages.

c)

Around 24601 pages.

d)

Around 1500 pages.

e)

Around 1900 pages.

16.

When was the novel Les Miserables published?

a)

1863

b)

1862

c)

1864

d)

1784

e)

1985

17.

Who saved Marius from the barricade?

a)

Javert

b)

Enjolras

c)

Cosette

d)

Jean Valjean

e)

Eponine

18.

What does Fantine die of?

a)

Influenza

b)

COVID-19

c)

Pneumonia

d)

Tuberculosis

e)

Cholera

19.

What are Grantaire's last words before he is killed?

a)

Je suis désolé (I am sorry)

b)

Vive la Republique! (Long live the republic!)

c)

Permets Tu? (If you allow it?)

d)

Vive la France! (Long live France!)

e)

Votre vie n'est-elle qu'un mensonge de plus? (Is your life just one more lie?)

20.

Who does Marius fall in love with and marry?

a)

Courfeyrac

b)

Enjolras

c)

Cosette

d)

Eponine

e)

Musichetta

21.

How does Jean Valjean save Marius?

a)

He doesn't.

b)

He reads him a book about The Battle of Waterloo.

c)

He yells into his ear.

d)

He carries him through the sewer.

22.

Who did Fantine entrust her daughter to the first time?

a)

Jean Valjean

b)

Javert

c)

The innkeepers at the Waterloo Inn (The Thenardiers)

d)

Bishop Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel of Digne

23.

Who saved Cosette from the family Fantine had entrusted her to?

a)

Jean Valjean

b)

Javert

c)

Fantine

d)

Thenardier

24.

What is the name of the little boy who was killed on the barricade?

a)

Montparnasse

b)

Gavroche

c)

Joly

d)

Abraham Lincoln

25.

What ability did Jean Valjean have that set him apart from other people?

a)

Incredible strength

b)

An axe

c)

A sword

d)

A bow

e)

Unnatural speed

26.

Why did Marius leave his grandfather?

a)

His grandfather read his diary.

b)

Marius disagreed with his grandfather's political views.

c)

He didn't.

d)

He wanted to make friends.

e)

His grandfather hated Marius' father and lied to him his whole life.

27.

Who delivers Marius' letter to Cosette (which is taken by Jean Valjean)?

a)

Eponine

b)

Musichetta

c)

Javert

d)

Gavroche

e)

Lesgles

28.

What does Feuilly shout on his way to the barricades?

a)

Long live France!

b)

Long live Poland!

c)

We're all going to die!

d)

Vive le Bahorel!

29.

Where did Jean Valjean and his adopted daughter go to hide from the police when Valjean first took his daughter in?

a)

Prison

b)

A convent

c)

A shoe repair store

d)

A small flat above a Parisian bakery

30.

What does Marius give Thenardier money to do?

a)

Go to America

b)

Buy a new hat

c)

Bail people out of prison

d)

Throw a feast