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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 Mazarin tell the queen he is preparing to flee to?

2. What does Mordaunt want from de Winter?

3. What is de Winter's real first name?

4. What is the Bastile?

5. What does Mazarin disguise himself as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the people so angry with Mazarin?

2. What does La Ramee promise Mazarin?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Mordaunt say he is allowing de Winter to live?

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

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

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

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

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

The characters in this book all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write about their main motivations throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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