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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 kind of weapons is d'Artagnan told to pick up on his way back to Paris?

2. What does Rochefort use to send messages to Grimaud?

3. What gift did the queen once give to d'Artagnoa?

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

5. How many letters does Athos receive after breakfast?

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 Rochefort escape?

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

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

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

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

7. What does the King wish the Queen to do about Mazarin?

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

9. What does Mazarin do to Abbe Scarron, and how does this affect him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Grimaud is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Grimaud had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

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

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