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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. Who plans to rob the Count's house?

2. How did Danglars tell his wife he was leaving her?

3. Who did Villefort have an affair with?

4. What does Villefort tell his wife to do to avoid bringing scandal to the family?

5. What does the Count tell a group of people he dug up in his back yard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Cavalcanti finally turned into the police?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education and knowledge are two very important themes in this book. How does education affect Dantès's life for both good and bad?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair? How does this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

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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