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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 Barrois drink that was poisoned?

2. What does the doctor think killed Madame Saint-Méran?

3. Why is Bertruccio so surprised to see Villefort at a dinner?

4. Why does the Count decide to go to the ball Albert invites him to?

5. Who did Villefort have an affair with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Dumas includes some ingenious forms of irony in this book. What are some of these examples? How does their ironic nature affect the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in this book are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these characters? How do their sacrifices affect the other characters around them? Were these sacrifices worth the reward? Why or why not?

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