1. Fritz says that late in life Lafayette did not like to be called a "marquis." Explain the difference between his two titles, marquis and colonel, and then explain with cues from the book as support why he preferred the second title.

2. The marriage of Adrienne Noailles and Lafayette was arranged, yet Fritz reports that Adrienne adored her husband. Does Fritz explain why this was so? Evaluate Lafayette's feelings for his wife.

3. What did Lafayette do that earned him the nickname "the soldier's friend" among American troops?

4. In The Great Little Madison, Fritz says that Lafayette was very fat by the time he made his triumphal tour of the United States. Why would she be more circumspect about his weight in Why Not, Lafayette?

5. Lafayette was a French aristocrat, so why would he want "the people of France to rule themselves the way the people...