Kress Family Library
Les Miserables
Web Quest
Instructions:
There are links (see them underlined) in each section with a set of questions.
By using the links provided, you should be able to answer the questions.
Please read all questions carefully!
Please answer all questions on the answer sheet.
Please answer all questions in full sentences.
Take the Quiz.
? 1 What Les Miserables character are you?
Using Victor Hugo: A Who2 Profile answer the following questions:
Victo Hugo also wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
? 2 Who was the main character in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Victor Hugo wrote about social injustice - "the miserable ones".
Name 2 other authors noted here - Les Miserables - The Musical (The Homeless and the Poor) that are known for writing about the downtrodden?
(Please name 2 - at least one American)
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? 4
The book Les Miserables was published in 1862.
Read the review Les Miserables Review - 1862 and answer the following questions:
? 5 What magazine was the original review published in?
? 6 Was this review of the book favorable or unfavorable?
[Hint: Read paragraph 5 carefully]
? 7 Give an example from the review (at least two sentences) to support your answer.
The musical Les Miserables opened in London in 1985
Using this link answer the following questions
Les Miserables - The Musical (Creation)
? 8 Was the musical a hit with the critics?
? 9 Has the musical been staged in Africa? If so, what city in Africa?
According to this article Victor Hugo is compared to a very famous English author.
? 10 What author is Hugo compared to and why?
Please read this short
Studyguide
? 11 What is the definition of prejudice?
? 12 Name two groups in society today who may be outcasts of society?
? 13 Name a book you have read about prejudice?
Please read about this
infamous monument.
? 14 What character in Les Miserables called this "monument" home?
? 15 Is this "monument" a tourist attraction in Paris today?
? 16 Who was the original illustrator
of the book?
? 17 What is lithography?
(You are in a library. Try a dictionary!)
Please study these
historic flags of France.
? 18 Describe the flag of France used at the time Jean Valjean was mayor of M__ sur M__.
? 19 Describe the flag of France at the end of the story.
Now ... for some less serious questions about Les Miserables ...
According to the site Longest Sentence in Literature
? 20 Is the "Longest Sentence in Literature" from Les Miserables?
? 21 How long is the longest sentence in Les Miserables?
? 22 What character from Les Miserables is used here as an example to "teach" Economics?
? 23 Did this character get the best deal?
Read about the idea of Six Degress of Separation.
? 24 How many degrees of separation is Victor Hugo from Kevin Bacon?
Look at the list
How to Know You're Obsessed With Les Miz
? 25 Do you find yourself doing #26?
? 26 How about #54?
? 27 In your opinion - why is Mrs. Mihalik having you read Les Miserables?
!! EXTRA CREDIT:
Send Mrs Hoffman an email.
Send this email to
library@centralcatholic.org
Use Les Mis as the Subject line
In the message please name your favorite character
and why you like (or don't like) the book.
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