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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. Where does Athos say his son was abandoned?

2. How does the queen know d'Artagnan?

3. What is the title of the man Raoul saves from drowning?

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

5. Who does Raoul send for the mortally wounded men from the attacked group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the executioner wish to find absolution for before he dies, and what is strange about this?

2. How does Mordaunt begin enacting his revenge?

3. How does d'Artagnan get Porthos to agree to help him?

4. How does d'Artagnan protect Planchet, and why?

5. What does Beaumont say in his letter to Mazarin after d'Artagnan and Porthos have to surrender?

6. What does La Ramee have Grimaud do, and why?

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

8. How does Rochefort escape?

9. What does Athos do before Raoul leaves for his training?

10. How does Mordaunt feel about the King, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Competition, in particular the idea of fair play, is a major theme found in many different scenes of this book. What are some of those scenes, and what affect did they have on the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

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