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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Colbert, Chapter 16, Jealousy, and Chapter 17, High Treason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about the ceiling of the king's bedchamber at Vaux?
(a) It is pure gold.
(b) It is glass and can see into the starry night.
(c) It has a painting of good and bad dreams on it.
(d) It has a large chandelier with 1000 candles on it.

2. What cell is the king placed in at the Bastille in Chapter 17?
(a) He is thrown in with several other mad prisoners.
(b) Philippe's old cell.
(c) The very bottom dungeon.
(d) Baisemeaux's own quarters.

3. Who does the king request to see before he retires for the night on his first evening at Vaux?
(a) Aramis.
(b) Fouquet.
(c) Colbert.
(d) D'Artagnan.

4. Who does Baisemeaux think that Aramis resembles in Chapter 7?
(a) Cardinal de la Rochelle.
(b) Fouquet.
(c) D'Artagnan.
(d) Monsieur de la Fere.

5. What does Aramis give Baisemeaux when they arrive at the Bastille in Chapter 17?
(a) A large bag of money as a bribe.
(b) A sword.
(c) An order to reimprison Marchiali.
(d) The letter of release for Seldon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people overhear the king tell La Valliere he loves her in Chapter 13?

2. What is Pellisson working on in Chapter 6, for the fete at Vaux?

3. Why is the king angry at their slow progress to Vaux in Chapter 12?

4. What do the figures on the Bastille clock represent?

5. Who is the architect of Vaux-le-Vicomte?

(see the answer key)

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