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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes King Louis to come to terms with his imprisonment in the Bastille?
(a) The sounds of other prisoners wailing in agony.
(b) The appearance of a giant rat.
(c) The appearance of his first meager meal.
(d) The shadow of the prison bars cast by the morning sun on his wall.

2. What is the king screaming when Fouquet stands outside his cell in Chapter 22?
(a) Death to Aramis!
(b) I am not Philippe!
(c) Sanctuary!
(d) Death to Fouquet!

3. What is the name of the village where the prisoner spent his early years?
(a) Paris.
(b) Villette.
(c) Noisy-le-Sec.
(d) St. Cloud.

4. While D'Artagnan is looking for Aramis in Chapter 19, what does Fouquet do?
(a) He stays in his bed and cries over his desperate situation.
(b) He attempts to escape.
(c) He burns incriminating papers.
(d) He writes a letter to the king begging mercy.

5. How does Baisemeaux ensure that no one sees the king when he brought by Aramis to the prison?
(a) He forces the king to wear a mask.
(b) He takes him into the prison by a secret passage.
(c) He rings a bell and beats a drum to clear the passages.
(d) He forces the king to wear a sack over his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two masked figures who guard the king in Chapter 17?

2. When Fouquet supposes that Aramis has intervened with the king to prevent his arrest in Chapter 21, how does he feel?

3. What sentence would befall those who try to communicate with the prisoner "Marchiali" after he is re-incarcerated?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Colbert prove to the king that Fouquet has embezzled money from the government?

2. What does Moliere do to quell Porthos's indignation in Chapter IV, when it is proposed that he should be measured for his outfit?

3. Why is Baisemeaux hesitant to take back the prisoner in Chapter 17?

4. When King Louis XIV is first imprisoned at the Bastille, what does he think has become of him?

5. How does Biscarrat try to convince the captain to let Aramis and Porthos go in Chapter 48?

6. Describe the island of St. Marguerite as it is given in Chapter 31.

7. In Chapter 1, how does Aramis define ambition to the prisoner?

8. Although Louis refuses to relent and pardon Fouquet, what service does he do his wife in Chapter 54?

9. Why does Aramis warn Philippe to be careful around Mademoiselle de la Valliere when he takes the place of his brother?

10. Throughout the festivities at Vaux when the king is entertained with a play and all sorts of special amusement, what is the king's demeanor?

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