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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 is Haydée from?

2. What is the first thing Dantès does when he gets to port after escaping?

3. Who does Lucien work for?

4. What does Dantès try to bribe the prison guards to do?

5. Whom does Dantès deliver a letter to at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edmond's father die? What happens after this?

2. Why does Villefort change his mind about being merciful to Dantès?

3. What does Bertruccio see Villefort doing when he followed him one night?

4. Why does the Count return the nicest horses in Paris? What does he do to make amends?

5. What does Franz do when he cannot raise the funds for Albert's ransom?

6. How does Faria die?

7. What is Villefort doing when first called to meet Dantès?

8. What does Dantès do first when he gets to port? What is he so surprised about?

9. What does the Italian Priest give Caderousse? Why?

10. How does Julie get the money needed for her father's debts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Dantès learn from his time in prison? How does this knowledge affect his life when he finally escaped the prison?

Essay Topic 2

Many characters in this book were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What were some of these instances? How were those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets? How does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

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