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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 do the musketeers try to blend in with in London?

2. How does Mordaunt die?

3. Who does Mordaunt want to fight first from the musketeers?

4. What provisions are found on the escape boat?

5. How many men die in the explosion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the musketeers escape the ship?

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

4. What does Cromwell lecture Mordaunt about?

5. Why does Athos refuse to return to France?

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

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

8. How does Aramis save Raoul during a battle?

9. What charges is d'Artagnan held on?

10. How is Athos arrested?

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

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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