Q 01/05

Who is the hero of Les Misérables?

A) Javert

B) Jean Valjean

C) Marius

D) Thénardier

Answer · why

B) Jean Valjean

Hugo first scribbled the name Jean Tréjean in his notes on the Toulon prison.

Q 02/05

Which Paris cathedral gives its name to Hugo's 1831 novel about a hunchback?

A) Sacré-Cœur

B) Notre-Dame

C) Saint-Denis

D) La Madeleine

Answer · why

B) Notre-Dame

The novel shamed the city into restoring the neglected building.

Q 03/05

In which city was Hugo born?

A) Paris

B) Nancy

C) Besançon

D) Lyon

Answer · why

C) Besançon

His father was a general in Napoleon's army, so the family moved constantly.

Q 04/05

What was Hugo's father's profession?

A) Wood merchant in Nancy

B) Provincial lawyer

C) Parish priest

D) General in Napoleon's army

Answer · why

D) General in Napoleon's army

Léopold Hugo enlisted in the Revolutionary army at 14; Hugo's grandfather was the wood merchant.

Q 05/05

Prisoner number 24601 in Les Misérables comes from what?

A) Hugo's house number

B) The date Hugo believed he was conceived

C) A real convict's number

D) Hugo's age times 300

Answer · why

B) The date Hugo believed he was conceived

Hugo believed he was conceived on 24 June 1801.