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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. Why does Valentine's grandmother want her to get married so soon?
(a) So she can be a young wife.
(b) So she can beat the winter.
(c) So she will be alive to see it.
(d) So she can get her inheritance.

2. What is Noirtier doing when the Priest leaves Valentine's room?
(a) Sleeping and smiling.
(b) Humming and reading.
(c) Choking and gagging.
(d) Sleeping and snoring.

3. What does Danglars say when Fernand tries to set up a marriage between their children?
(a) He asks for some time to think over the matters.
(b) He gladly accepts.
(c) He refuses.
(d) He asks Albert to ask Eugenie himself.

4. Who tries to tell the Count not to kill Albert in the duel?
(a) Mercédès.
(b) Valentine Villefort.
(c) Maximillian Morrel.
(d) Baron Danglars.

5. Who does the Count bribe to get a false newspaper article printed?
(a) A reporter.
(b) The newspaper owner.
(c) The editor.
(d) A telegrapher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Haydée used to be before she became a servant?

2. Where is the Count when Albert challenges him to a duel?

3. Why does the Count say he has not finished one of the rooms in his house?

4. Where did Dantès bury money for Mercédès?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Cavalcanti finally turned into the police?

4. Why do the Villeforts' leave the ball at the Morcef's early?

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

6. What has Noirtier been giving Valentine every day? Why?

7. How does Maximillian get Valentine to agree to run away with him?

8. How does Fernand find out about the Count's identity, and how does he respond?

9. How does Haydee go from being a princess to a servant?

10. Why does the Count not eat while he is at the ball at the Morcef's house?

(see the answer keys)

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