Literary analysis Usborne Count of Monte CristoOnline version
Test your knowledge of the story.
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1) Who is the main character in this story?
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2) Which character traits best describe Edmond at the start (in Marseilles)?
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3) What is Edmond’s biggest goal at the beginning of the story?
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4) Who are the main antagonists (forces working against Edmond)?
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5) What is the main conflict (main problem) that begins the story?
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6) What event shows the betrayal clearly at the wedding feast?
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7) What is the setting at the beginning of the story?
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8) How does the setting (Marseilles docks) shape the story early on?
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9) Where is Edmond taken after the arrest, and why is it frightening?
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10) What changes Edmond the most during his years in prison?
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11) Who is Abbé Faria in the story, and what role does he play?
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12) What is the Abbé’s “secret,” and why does it matter for the plot?
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13) What is the climax of the “prison and escape” part of the story?
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14) How does Edmond escape Chateau D’If in a clever way?
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15) What important truth does Edmond learn from the fisherman afterward?
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16) What is Edmond’s new plan once he becomes the Count of Monte Cristo?
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17) Which moment shows Edmond’s disguise is working in Rome?
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18) What is the setting when Edmond returns as the Count and meets them again?
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19) How does Mercedes react when she first sees the Count in Paris?
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20) What does Danglars’ greed make him do after taking the Count’s chest?
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21) How does Edmond punish Danglars in the Roman catacombs?
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22) What new conflict begins when Albert reads the newspaper about his father?
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23) What is the climax of the “duel” part of the story?
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24) What does Edmond mean when he says he is an “angel of vengeance”?
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25) Which internal conflict begins to grow inside Edmond near the duel?
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26) What is Fernand’s biggest fear near the end of the story?
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27) What is the “solution” to the main conflict in this Usborne version?
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28) What is the “conclusion” (wrap-up) of the story’s ending?
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29) Who is the narrator in this story?
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30) What point of view (POV) is the story mostly told in?
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