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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. Why does Haydée refuse to leave the Count?

2. Who does Villefort ask about the Count's intentions in Paris?

3. Who plans to tell Benedetto who his father is?

4. Who does Albert vow to kill?

5. Who takes Danglars to Luigi Vampa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cavalcanti finally turned into the police?

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

3. How does Maximillian feel when he wakes up after taking the potion? Why?

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

5. How does Caderousse say he escaped from prison?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Dumas. What are some of these symbols? How does their presence affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Who were the victims of Dantès's lust for revenge? How does he take his revenge on these characters?

Essay Topic 3

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes? How does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

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