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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Danglars want his daughter to marry?
(a) Andrea Cavalcanti.
(b) Benedetto Villefort.
(c) Bertruccio.
(d) The Count of Monte Cristo.

2. Why does the Count say he has not finished one of the rooms in his house?
(a) He has been too busy.
(b) He likes it too much to change it.
(c) He wants a woman to design it.
(d) He feels the spirit of a mother there.

3. What is Madame Villefort shocked about when she is in Valentine's room in the morning?
(a) There is a man's foot print on the floor.
(b) Valentine is dead.
(c) There is liquid in the cup.
(d) There is a piece of paper with her name on it.

4. Who else had drunk from the drink that killed Barrois?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Madame Danglars.
(c) Noirtier.
(d) Maximillian.

5. How did Danglars tell his wife he was leaving her?
(a) He told her in person.
(b) He wrote a letter.
(c) He sent a telegram.
(d) He sent a messenger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Albert pan to go after her mother retrieves the money from Marseilles?

2. What does Barrois drink that was poisoned?

3. What does Mercédès plead with the Count not to do?

4. Who plans to rob the Count's house?

5. Who does the Count apologize to near the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocking information comes forth at Benedetto's trial?

2. How does Valentine learn who has been poisoning her family members?

3. How is Cavalcanti finally turned into the police?

4. How does Haydee secure the denouncement of Fernand?

5. How does the Count convince Maximillian not to kill himself?

6. How does Danglars react to the money his wife lost in the stock market?

7. What does the Count do just before Caderousse dies?

8. What is Bertruccio so surprised about when the Count holds a dinner party at his house?

9. How does Noirtier feel after a priest is summoned to pray over the body of Valentine?

10. What does Villefort find when he returns to his home after Benedetto's trial?

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