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Which Paris landmark did Hugo's 1831 novel help save?
Answer: Notre-Dame
Why: The restoration it inspired gave the cathedral a new spire by Viollet-le-Duc, the one that fell in the 2019 fire.
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Whose 1851 coup drove Hugo into exile?
Answer: Napoleon III
Why: From exile he mocked him in an 1852 pamphlet titled Napoléon le Petit, or Napoleon the Little.
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In which city was Victor Hugo born?
Answer: Besançon
Why: He left as a baby of about six weeks, when his father's army posting moved the family to Marseille.
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What was Jean Valjean's first prisoner number?
Answer: 24601
Why: Recaptured years later, he is sent back to the galleys under a new number, 9430.
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Which Verdi opera grew out of Hugo's play about a jester?
Answer: Rigoletto
Why: Verdi's Ernani also comes from Hugo, but from his 1830 play Hernani, whose hero is an outlaw.
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Who saves Marius's father at Waterloo, but only by accident?
Answer: Thénardier
Why: He even calls his inn the Sergeant of Waterloo, with a painted battlefield rescue on its sign.
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