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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 is Bertruccio so surprised to see Villefort at a dinner?

2. Why will Valentine not run away with Maximillian?

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

4. What is Madame Villefort shocked about when she is in Valentine's room in the morning?

5. Where did Haydée hide while Greece was being attacked by the armies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Noirtier feel after a priest is summoned to pray over the body of Valentine?

4. What does the Count do before letting Danglars go free?

5. How does Caderousse say he escaped from prison?

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

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

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

9. How does the Count convince Maximillian not to kill himself?

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

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

How does Faria's religious fervor affect Dantès in his future life outside of the prison?

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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