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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. Who causes Mordaunt's death?

2. How does Aramis plan to get to England?

3. Who hides Mordaunt on the musketeers' ship?

4. Where did Porthos leave a carving knife?

5. Where was d'Artagnan when the King was killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the musketeers escape the ship?

2. How does Porthos disarm a guard in the prison?

3. What is d'Artagnan told to do when he gets to England?

4. Why does Gondy allow Marechal to go back to the castle unharmed?

5. How is Athos arrested?

6. How does de Winter predict his own death?

7. What charges is d'Artagnan held on?

8. What do the three men who arrive before Athos tell the Queen of the King?

9. What does the King ask for just before his execution is to take place?

10. How do we see what d'Artagnan really thinks about Mazarin and his actions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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