Q 01/05

Besides novels, what did Dumas write from the very start of his career?

A) Symphonies

B) Plays

C) Sermons

D) Law books

Answer · why

B) Plays

His first play was produced in 1829 and he founded his own theatre in the 1840s.

Q 02/05

What is Edmond Dantès's job before his arrest at the start of The Count of Monte Cristo?

A) Sailor

B) Soldier

C) Banker

D) Prosecutor

Answer · why

A) Sailor

Sailor Dantès is nineteen and about to be made captain of the merchant ship Pharaon when jealous rivals denounce him. The men who ruin him end up as a...

Q 03/05

In which prison is the hero of Monte Cristo locked up?

A) The Bastille

B) Fenestrelle Fort

C) Château d'If

D) Devil's Island

Answer · why

C) Château d'If

Château d'If holds him for fourteen years, until he hides in a dead prisoner's burial sack and the guards fling it into the sea. The island fortress o...

Q 04/05

Which fellow prisoner educates Edmond Dantès and tells him of a hidden treasure in The Count of Monte Cristo?

A) Abbé Busoni

B) Cardinal Spada

C) Noirtier

D) Abbé Faria

Answer · why

D) Abbé Faria

Abbé Faria digs an escape tunnel that comes out in the wrong cell, then spends years teaching his young neighbour languages and science. Abbé Busoni, ...

Q 05/05

What were the names of the three musketeers who befriend d'Artagnan?

A) Athos, Rochefort and Aramis

B) Athos, Porthos and Aramis

C) Planchet, Porthos and Aramis

D) Athos, Porthos and Tréville

Answer · why

B) Athos, Porthos and Aramis

Athos, Porthos and Aramis, known as 'the three inseparables', each challenge d'Artagnan to a duel on the same afternoon before becoming his closest fr...