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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. When does Mercédès recognize the Count as Dantès?
(a) The minute she saw him.
(b) When he was drinking some wine.
(c) The time she saw him twirling his hair.
(d) When he started laughing.

2. Why does Haydée refuse to leave the Count?
(a) She wants to protect him.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She has made a vow to him.
(d) She trusts no one else.

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

4. What kind of living quarters does Noirtier promise to secure for him and Valentine?
(a) A house.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A studio flat.
(d) A cottage.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the Count take Maximillian when they travel?

3. What does Villefort say when he sees Maximillian in Valentine's room?

4. Who does Danglars want his daughter to marry?

5. What does the Count disguise himself as when he rents the house next to Noirtier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Danglars say when Albert confronts him about denouncing his father?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Haydee secure the denouncement of Fernand?

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