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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Athos's adoptive son?

2. Who is with d'Artagnan and Porthos as they chase after Beaumont?

3. Who agrees to plead Charles's case to Mazarin?

4. What career does d'Artganan suggest for Athos's son?

5. What nation is France at war with in this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the musketeers learn of Mordaunt's motives in this section?

2. What cause does Mordaunt have to hate de Winter?

3. Why can't Rochefort become a guard to Beaufort?

4. What does La Ramee promise Mazarin?

5. Why does Mazarin show such interest in Mordaunt when they first meet?

6. How does Rochefort escape?

7. What relieves the tension at the meeting of the four musketeers?

8. What is ironic about the man Raoul saves from drowning?

9. What secret of Aramis's does d'Aartagnan witness?

10. What does Mazarin think of his first introduction to Porthos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

What is fatality, and what role does this ideology play in this plot?

Essay Topic 3

What happens at the end of the book, and do you think this is a fitting way to end a plot like this?

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