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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. What does the Count notice on display when he visits Julie's house?

2. Where does Fernand see Dantès walking at the beginning of the book?

3. How does Albert contact Franz after he has been captured?

4. Who protects Villefort while Napoleon is in power?

5. What is the name of the servant who helps the Count buy his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dantès threaten to do to his guards? What is their response?

2. How does Dantès get transportation to the nearest port after his escape?

3. What kind of potion does Madame Villefort request from the Count? What warning does he give her about it?

4. What does Dantès do when he visits Morrell's creditors?

5. Why does Dantès decide to kill himself, and how does he intend to do this?

6. What does Caderousse say happened to Villefort after Dantès was imprisoned?

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

8. What happens to Villefort when Napoleon comes in and out of power?

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

10. Why does Dantès make an unscheduled stop? What does he do there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Dumas have chosen these settings for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Dantès is able to forgive some of the men who did him wrong, but not all of them. Who was he not able to forgive? How does this inability to forgive affect his life and theirs?

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