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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 allows Aramis into town when he is at first denied entrance?

2. Why did Porthos never meet up with Aramis as planned?

3. How does Mordaunt escape the explosion?

4. Who stops Mordaunt from being hit with an oar?

5. How does Mordaunt die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Monsieur de Bouillon unable to fight?

3. How does Aramis save Raoul during a battle?

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

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

6. What do the musketeers do while pretending to be construction workers?

7. What happens in the palace to actually bring physical fear to Mazarin for the first time?

8. How is Athos arrested?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the two different political alignments highlighted in this book, and what does each side think and feel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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