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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 does Athos do when Aramis is brought up?

2. What does La Ramee ask Beafort to do before he escapes?

3. How many letters does d'Artagnan receive after breakfast?

4. What does Porthos want to be happy?

5. Who is the man Raoul saves from drowning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rochefort escape?

2. What does La Ramee promise Mazarin?

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

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

5. what does Rochefort do once he has escaped?

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

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

8. What is the biggest shock to d'Artagnan when he catches up with Beaumont?

9. What does the letter from Grimaud say, and what does this mean?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Alexandre Dumas have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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