Victor Hugo Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Which character from "Les Misérables" adopts Cosette?

1. Javert
2. Jean Valjean
3. Thénardier
4. Marius

17. What is the genre of "Les Misérables"?

1. Tragedy
2. Historical Fiction
3. Science Fiction
4. Thriller

18. Where is Victor Hugo buried?

1. Panthéon, Paris
2. Notre Dame
3. Père Lachaise Cemetery
4. Arc de Triomphe

19. What type of work is "The Contemplations"?

1. Novel
2. Poetry
3. Play
4. Essay

20. In what year did Victor Hugo return to France after his exile?

1. 1865
2. 1870
3. 1873
4. 1875

21. Hugo's play "Hernani" was instrumental in promoting which literary movement?

1. Classicism
2. Romanticism
3. Realism
4. Naturalism

22. Victor Hugo’s youngest daughter, who drowned in the Seine, was named what?

1. Adele
2. Léopoldine
3. Juliette
4. Cosette

23. What is the title of Victor Hugo's novel about a hunchback?

1. The Bell Ringer
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
3. Gothic Towers
4. Cathedral of Paris

24. Which Hugo novel focuses on the French Revolution of 1793?

1. Toilers of the Sea
2. Ninety-Three
3. Les Misérables
4. The Man Who Laughs

25. Victor Hugo wrote extensively about which famous French cathedral?

1. Notre Dame
2. Sacré-Cœur
3. Mont Saint-Michel
4. Chartres Cathedral

26. What was the title of Victor Hugo's first published book?

1. Les Orientales
2. Odes et poésies diverses
3. The Contemplations
4. Hernani

27. What is the relationship between Marius and Cosette in "Les Misérables"?

1. Friends
2. Lovers
3. Siblings
4. Enemies

28. Which political office did Victor Hugo hold?

1. Mayor
2. Senator
3. Deputy in the National Assembly
4. Minister of Culture

29. Which famous painter illustrated Hugo's works?

1. Gustave Doré
2. Claude Monet
3. Édouard Manet
4. Edgar Degas

30. Victor Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs" inspired what popular fictional character?

1. The Joker
2. Dracula
3. Robin Hood
4. Sherlock Holmes