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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 interrupts Baisemeux's meal with Aramis?
(a) Baisemeux's wife enters with an invitation from Fouquet.
(b) A problem in the prison.
(c) A courier with a letter of release.
(d) A servant coming with a message.

2. Which two people overhear the king tell La Valliere he loves her in Chapter 13?
(a) Two servants.
(b) No one overhears the king.
(c) D'Artagnan and Fouquet.
(d) Colbert and Queen Anne.

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

4. What does Aramis do when Baisemeaux is not looking in Chapter 8?
(a) He steals the keys to several cells.
(b) He switches the letter of release for a forgery.
(c) He puts some sleeping medicine in Baisemeaux's wine.
(d) He drops his hat out of the window as a signal.

5. What is Pellisson working on in Chapter 6, for the fete at Vaux?
(a) A painting for the king.
(b) A musical composition for the party.
(c) A song for King Louis XIV.
(d) The prologue to a play.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Aramis's room at Vaux?

3. What prompts D'Artagnan to suspect that Aramis is up to something in Chapter 14?

4. What question does Queen Anne ask Fouquet during the banquet in Chapter 13?

5. How much money does Aramis offer to Philippe should he decide to go to Bas-Poitou?

(see the answer key)

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