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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mazarin tell the queen he is preparing to flee to?

2. How does Porthos show how unhappy he is?

3. Where is Milady's son heading?

4. What does Mazarin ask d'Artagnon to do for him at the beginning of the book?

5. Who finds the executioner when he is killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the King wish the Queen to do about Mazarin?

2. What does La Ramee have Grimaud do, and why?

3. What secret of Aramis's does d'Aartagnan witness?

4. What does Mazarin do to Abbe Scarron, and how does this affect him?

5. What relieves the tension at the meeting of the four musketeers?

6. How does d'Artagnan protect Planchet, and why?

7. Why was Beaufort arrested?

8. What does La Ramee promise Mazarin?

9. How does Mordaunt begin enacting his revenge?

10. How does Beaufort escape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of this plot advanced through the use of letters. What are some of the most important letters, and how did they shape the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Competition, in particular the idea of fair play, is a major theme found in many different scenes of this book. What are some of those scenes, and what affect did they have on the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What are the two different political alignments highlighted in this book, and what does each side think and feel?

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