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

2. Why doesn't Porthos leave the room when D'Artagnan desires to speak secretly with Aramis in Chapter 14?
(a) Aramis asks him to stay.
(b) Porthos demands to stay and D'Artagnan conceeds.
(c) Porthos is hidden from view and D'Artagnan does not know he is in the room.
(d) He is fast asleep in a chair.

3. How many suits was Mouston measured for in behalf of Porthos?
(a) 50.
(b) 22.
(c) 2.
(d) 36.

4. Why is Raoul in need of consolation from his father in Chapter 26?
(a) He has suffered from a long illness.
(b) He has been stripped of his commission in the army.
(c) His best friend has just died.
(d) He has discovered Louise La Valliere's infidelity with the king.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, how much time does Fouquet give Aramis to get out of reach of the king?

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

3. Why does Aramis propose they take their carriage off of the road so they can converse in Chapter 8?

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

5. How did the preceptor and the nurse of the prisoner die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Anne of Austria respond when she sees both of her sons in the same room in Chapter 24?

3. How does Raoul feel about returning to Paris to meet Beaufort before leaving for Africa?

4. After D'Artagnan's horse dies from exhaustion, what does he do to continue pursuing Fouquet?

5. What possible reason does D'Artagnan suggest for the small size of the secret door leading into the late Madame du Vallon's chamber?

6. As mentioned in Chapter 8, what did the prisoner, Marchiali, arrive at the Bastile with?

7. Describe the two figures who take the king in custody when he finds himself taken from his room and in a subterranean passage.

8. When Fouquet goes to take Aramis's hand before his departure in Chapter 21, what causes him to become horror-stricken?

9. When D'Artagnan chides Louise at the grave of Raoul, what is her response?

10. What strange impression seizes both Raoul and Athos as they watch Aramis and Porthos depart in Chapter 26?

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