FR 138 The French Novel on Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Reading Questions

Book VII, Ch. 1-4

1. What do we learn about Phoebus in the first chapter?  (his history, his character, his attitude towards women, his language)

2.  How do the young noble women treat La Esmeralda? 

3.  What is the secret that the goat reveals?

4.  What does Frollo learn about La Esmeralda from Gringoire?

5.  How has Quasimodo's passion for the bells of Notre-Dame changed a bit?

6.  Why does Jehan Frollo go to visit his brother?

7.  What is Claude Frollo muttering to himself when Jehan spies on him?

8.  Why does Claude give in to Jehan at the end of chapter 4?