St Denis

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St Denis The Idyll of the Rue Plumet

• Quiz!

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Quote 1

• Let us see, why should his father be indignant?
  Are there not cases when insurrection rises to
  the dignity of duty? The country laments, so be
  it, but humanity applauds. Besides is it true
  that a country mourns? France bleeds, but liberty
  smiles, and before the smile of liberty, France
  forgets her wound. 441
• 1) What viewpoint is Hugo defending here?
• 2) Explain.

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Quote 2

• To have done all that he had done to come to
  this! And what! To be nothing! Then, as we have
  just said, he felt from head to foot a shudder of
  revolt. He felt even to the roots of his hair the
  immense awakening of selfishness, and the Me
  howled in the abyss of his soul. 461
• 3) Which characters thoughts is Hugo
  describing?
• 4) What is the context of the quote?
• 5) The thoughts expressed here are similar to
  two other moments in the novel. In what other
  moments is is she/he faced with a similar impulse?

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Review!
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Eponine

• What was Marius leaving from at the beginning of
  this section?
• The Thenardier ambush for Valjean

• His whole life was no resumed in tow words an
  absolute uncertainty in an impenetrable mist. To
  see her again, Her he aspired to this
  continually he hoped for it no longer.
• Who is he and Her?
• Marius and Cosette

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• Who does Marius move in with after leaving
  Gorbeau?
• Courfeyrac
• What is the name of the field that Marius went to
  instead of working?
• The Field of the Lark

• What did the people of Thénardier's tavern in
  COSETTE call Cosette?
• The Lark
• Javert was unhappy that what two criminals
  escaped?
• Montparnasse Claquesous

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• Who did Marius see on his way to the Field of the
  Lark?
• Mabeuf
• What two things did Mabeuf find enjoyment in?
• Plants his books

• What plant did Mabeuf experiment on?
• Indigo
• Who visits Mabeuf in his garden?
• Eponine
• What does she do for him?
• Waters his flowers

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• Why does Eponine tell Marius where Cosette lives?
• Because she wants to see him happy.
• How does Marius react to her kindness and what
  does Eponine do in response?
• Gives her money, she refuses to take it.

• Who says No, I am the devil?
• Eponine
• What does Mabeuf tell Eponine?
• Where Marius is.
• How was Eponine different to Marius?
• She was beautiful Singular fact, she had become
  more wretched and more beautiful 346

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The House in the Rue Plumet

• What was the house in the Rue Plumet originally
  used for?
• A bourgeois lover
• Who was old, stuttering, and a native of a
  province?
• Toussaint

• Why did Valjean leave the convent?
• He said to himself that this child had a right
  to know what life was before renouncing it 350
• What was Valjean not able to avoid becoming in
  the close meshes of the enrollment of 1831?
• Member of the National Guard

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• Did Valjean ever tell Cosette about her mother?
• No only vaguely mentioned her martyrdom
• What caused Valjean to have a deep and
  indefinable anguish in his heart?
• Cosettes beauty

• These two souls which held love as two clouds
  hold ___, and which were to meet and mingle in a
  glance like clouds in a flash. 357
• Lightning

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• Who is the following quote talking about He who
  had come to believe that he was no longer capable
  of a malevolent feeling had moments, in which
  he though that he was again becoming savage and
  ferocious.?
• Valjean

• Why was he becoming savage and ferocious?
• Marius was pursuing Cosette, he was afraid of
  losing her.

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The End of Which is Unlike the Beginning

• After they reconnect, what information do Marius
  Cosette exchange?
• Their names

• Is Cosette constant in her love for Marius when
  they are separated?
• No, Cosette was of that temperament which
  plunges in, and comes out again. 361
• What was Cosettes first reconnection with Marius
• He leaves a letter

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The Escape

• How does Gavroche help him?
• Climbs up and gives him a longer rope
• Does Thenardier recognize his son?
• No

• What did Gueulemer and Brujon use to escape?
• A nail
• Why was Thenardier kept in a solitary cell?
• He was thought to be an assassin
• Who is vital in helping Thenardier escape?
• Gavroche

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Enchantments and Desolations

• What does Eponine do when she encounters Marius
  again?
• She follows him to the Rue Plumet
• Cliffs Notes Question!
• What event concerning Thénardier is taken out of
  this version?
• Thenardiers attack on the house at Rue Plumet

• Cliffs notes Question!
• Who prevents Thénardiers attack?
• Eponine
• What is about to separate the lovers?
• Valjean moving them to England
• What does Marius do in response
• Go to his grandfather

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• How does Gillenormand feel towards Marius?
• It was not death that was insupportable to him
  it was the idea that perhaps he should never see
  Marius again. 389
• How does Gillenormand treat Marius when he first
  sees him?
• Rudely, harsh, mocking
• What word changed Gillenormands behavior?
• Father

• What is Gillenormands solution to the problem?
• Marius should make Cosette his mistress
• How does Marius react?
• He walks out
• Why does he react so strongly
• a deadly insult to Cosette That phrase
  entered the heart of the chaste young man like a
  sword.

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Where Are They Going?

• What two things spooked Valjean into leaving
  sooner than planned?
• The address and the note remove
• Who dropped the note?
• Eponine

• What does Marius find at the Rue Plumet?
• They are gone
• What does the stranger say to him?
• Go to the barricade
• Who tells him this?
• Eponine

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• Who does the story now shift to?
• Mabeuf
• What is different about his situation?
• He is destitute
• What has happened to his plants?
• Failed

• What does he sell for food?
• His precious books
• What causes him to wander away?
• News of the emeutes

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June 5th, 1832

• What was the spark of the emeute?
• The death of General Lamarque
• Who spoke at Lamarques funeral?
• Lafayette

• What first raised a storm in the spectators?
• A man in black with a red flag
• What does Hugo compare the uprising to,
  figuratively?
• A gathering storm

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The Atom Fraternizes with the Hurricane

• Who is the atom in the hurricane?
• Gavroche
• Who else joins the emeute (you know his name)?
• Mabeuf

• Who is the man who joins them at the rue des
  Billettes?
• Javert
• Who does Courfeyrac talk to briefly at his home?
• Eponine

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Corinth

• Who were the 3 Friends of the ABC at the wine
  shop?
• Laigle, Joly Grantaire
• Which one was sick?
• Joly
• Which one was constantly drunk cynical?
• Grantaire

• Who suggests that they make the barricade at the
  wine shop?
• Laigle
• Why were the emeutes not afraid to face the
  National Guard?
• they were sure of one regiment that Paris
  would rise. 426

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• What does La Cabuc do?
• Kill a man
• What does Enjolras do to him?
• Executes him
• Who is La Cabuc?
• Claquesous

• What did these gallant young men, so near their
  last hour, begin to do?
• Sing love rhymes
• What does Gavroche reveal about the mysterious
  man?
• He is a spy/Javert
• What do they decide to do with Javert?
• You will be shot ten minutes before the
  barricade is taken 432

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Marius Enters the Shadow

• What does Marius decide to do after hearing the
  voice?
• Go to the barricade
• Why does he go there?
• To die

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The Grandeurs of Despair

• Who raises up the flag again?
• Mabeuf
• Who saves Courfeyrac and Gavroche?
• Marius
• Who saves Marius?
• Eponine

• How does Marius get the Guards to retreat?
• Threatens to blow up the barricade
• What were they going to do with Javert?
• Exchange him
• What prevented that?
• The guard shot Jean Prouvaire

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• What two things does Marius do with the new
  information?
• Send a goodbye letter to Cosette and save
  Gavroche

• What happens to Eponine?
• She dies
• What does Marius promise to do for Eponine?
• Kiss her on the forehead
• What did Eponine give Marius?
• A letter from Cosette with her new address

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The Rue de lHome Arme

• How does Valjean find out about Cosettes love
  for Marius?
• The ink blotter in the mirror
• Who does Valjean meet in the street?
• Gavroche

• What does Gavroche give him?
• The letter for Cosette
• How did this section end?
• With Valjean leaving the new home in a National
  Guards uniform.