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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Wine of Melun, Chapter 13, Nectar and Ambrosia, and Chapter 14, A Gascon and a gascon and a half.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aramis send to Philippe in the prison before he freed him from the Bastille?
(a) The ring of the king with the royal crest.
(b) An assortment of books about political history.
(c) A barber to cut Philippe's hair in the fashion of the king.
(d) Written notes on the king and society of the court.

2. What pets does Percerin keep due to special permission from King Louis XIV?
(a) A pack of hounds.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A rare set of parrots.
(d) Arabian racehorces.

3. Why do Porthos and D'Artagnan approach Percerin's house on foot in Chapter 3?
(a) They want to enter Percerin's house secretly.
(b) To move ahead of the line of waiting carriages.
(c) It is a rule that everyone is to approach Percerin's house on foot.
(d) Their horses are tired and can go no further.

4. 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 is fatigued and ready for bed.
(c) He is anxious to see Fouquet's palace for the first time.
(d) He was hoping to arrive early to walk with La Valliere.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aramis invite Monsieur Moliere to go, in the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Where is Aramis's room at Vaux?

3. Why doesn't Porthos leave the room when D'Artagnan desires to speak secretly with Aramis in Chapter 14?

4. How did the prisoner discover that the lady who visited him monthly during his childhood was the Queen?

5. What aim does D'Artagnan suppose that Aramis has in his suspicious activities with Fouquet, Baisemeaux, and Percerin?

(see the answer key)

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