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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. How much money does the king win during his card game at Vaux?
(a) One thousand pistoles.
(b) Three thousand pistoles.
(c) He loses money, but is given one hundred pistoles as a consolation.
(d) He does not lose or win anything, but breaks even.

2. What does Aramis do with the document that calls for the release of Marchiali?
(a) He gives it back to Baisemeaux.
(b) He burns it in the fire.
(c) He takes it for safe keeping.
(d) He tears it up.

3. Why does Philippe totter and seem a bit unstable when he goes for a walk around the carriage in Chapter 10?
(a) He is nervous about his decision.
(b) He is unused to walking on earth, being in prison for many years.
(c) He is unsettled from the carriage ride.
(d) He has poor eyesight in the night.

4. Why is the king angry at their slow progress to Vaux in Chapter 12?
(a) He was hoping to arrive early to walk with La Valliere.
(b) He is feeling ill and the stops are annoying him.
(c) He is anxious to see Fouquet's palace for the first time.
(d) He is fatigued and ready for bed.

5. What does Aramis do to persuade Baisemeux to release the prisoner without further verifying the letter is not a forgery?
(a) He threatens Baisemeux with pistols to release the prisoner.
(b) He claims that he saw the order signed in his presence.
(c) He gets Baisemeux drunk and then persuades him.
(d) He writes a letter verfiying the order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king claim to be suffering from to Valliere in Chapter 14?

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

3. What reason does Percerin give to D'Artagnan for being pressed for time and unable to help him and Porthos in Chapter 4?

4. When the king leaves the passage in Chapter 17, where is he taken?

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

(see the answer key)

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