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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 Mazarin give the d'Artagnan as a gift?

2. Who does the Queen ask for help when Mazarin humiliates her?

3. How many barrels of powder were on the ship hired by the musketeers?

4. Why does Mazarin announce his retirement?

5. What is sold to the people at the chateau for beds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lie does the captain tell d'Artagnan on the boat?

2. How is d'Artagnan warned about Mordaunt?

3. Why does Athos refuse to return to France?

4. How does Grimaud reveal Mordaunt's plan on the ship?

5. What causes d'Artagnan to make a plan to escape from the prison?

6. What does the King tell Athos just before his execution?

7. Why is Monsieur de Bouillon unable to fight?

8. What is so mysterious about the man who executes the King?

9. How does Athos make the Queen believe his story of the King?

10. How does Anne feel about the role of Royalty in society?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the musketeers change through the course of the book, and what causes these changes? Who undergoes the most emotional growth?

Essay Topic 2

This book a sequel. How does this book, as a sequel, have to be treated differently than other novels in this genre?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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