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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fouquet request to speak with when he discovers that he is going to be arrested the following day?
(a) Louise La Valliere.
(b) The king.
(c) Colbert.
(d) Aramis.

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

3. How does Fouquet regard Aramis's act of abducting Louis XIV?
(a) He is indifferent to the action.
(b) He regards it as a great crime and it angers him.
(c) The fate of Louis saddens him.
(d) He views it as great luck for him.

4. Where is Aramis's room at Vaux?
(a) Directly to the right of the king's room.
(b) Directly above the king's room.
(c) Directly under the king's room.
(d) Directly to the left of the king's room.

5. Why is D'Artagnan confused when Philippe (masquerading as the king) asks where Aramis is in Chapter 24?
(a) D'Artagnan notices a difference in Philippe that he cannot identify.
(b) D'Artagnan believes that Aramis is on a mission for the king.
(c) D'Artagnan does not know Aramis is gone.
(d) D'Artagnan does not understand the king's friendliness with Aramis.

6. What prompts D'Artagnan to suspect that Aramis is up to something in Chapter 14?
(a) A conversation between Aramis and Philippe he overheard.
(b) A tip from a servant.
(c) A private letter of Aramis's that he has intercepted.
(d) His instincts.

7. Where does Aramis invite Monsieur Moliere to go, in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The the palace.
(b) St. Mande.
(c) Vaux.
(d) Aramis's home.

8. Who waited on the king during the dinner during Chapter 13?
(a) Queen Anne.
(b) Fouquet.
(c) Colbert.
(d) D'Artagnan.

9. Who is the architect of Vaux-le-Vicomte?
(a) Lenotre.
(b) Lebrun.
(c) Fouquet.
(d) Levan.

10. What question does Queen Anne ask Fouquet during the banquet in Chapter 13?
(a) She asks the names of the exotic fruit.
(b) She asks Fouquet what his favorite dish was.
(c) She asks who is Fouquet's decorator.
(d) She asks about Fouquet's family.

11. How did the prisoner discover that the lady who visited him monthly during his childhood was the Queen?
(a) He overheard his caretakers discussing her.
(b) The Queen herself told him.
(c) A servant from the village informed him.
(d) His nurse told him.

12. What does the king claim to be suffering from to Valliere in Chapter 14?
(a) Sadness.
(b) He will not tell her what has upset him.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Illness.

13. How much taller is Porthos than Mouston?
(a) They are exactly the same height.
(b) Four inches.
(c) One foot.
(d) One foot and a half.

14. Who does King Louis blame for his imprisonment in Chapter 18?
(a) Aramis.
(b) Fouquet.
(c) Himself.
(d) Colbert.

15. What is the name of the city where Philippe may choose to live a free life incognito?
(a) St. Cloud.
(b) Vannes.
(c) Bas-Poitou.
(d) Cerein.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Aramis relates the whole conspiracy to Athos in Chapter 26, what is Athos's judgment?

2. What is the name of the play being composed for the fete at Vaux in Chapter 6?

3. What motivation does D'Artagnan have to get to Vaux early in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 4, what follies does Aramis tell D'Artagnan he has given up?

5. What does Aramis do with the document that calls for the release of Marchiali?

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