The Count of Monte Cristo

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which event functions most clearly as a turning point in Edmond’s beliefs about his mission?

A) Noirtier’s stroke

B) Valentine’s poisoning

C) Mercédès leaving Paris

D) Edouard’s death

2. Who is the only person who recognizes Edmond in his guise as the Count of Monte Cristo?

A) Danglars

B) Mme. Villefort

C) Mercédès

D) Caderousse

3. What do Fernand’s record in the military, his treatment of Ali Pasha’s last request, and his role in mailing Danglars’s letter have in common?

A) They demonstrate his hatred for Edmond.

B) They involve betrayal and double-dealing.

C) They demonstrate his monetary greed.

D) They involve self-preservation through cowardice.

4. What do Edmond, Fernand, and Benedetto have in common?

A) They all adopt noble titles as they reinvent themselves.

B) They are all motivated by a desire for revenge.

C) They have each been in love with Mercédès at some point.

D) They are misled by flawed father figures.

5. Which character most clearly functions as a second father to Edmond?

A) M. Noirtier

B) Pasha Ali

C) M. Morrel

D) Abbé Faria

6. Which of the following characters does not contemplate suicide during the novel?

A) M. Morrel

B) Maximilien

C) Debray

D) Edmond

7. Which of the following characters most clearly functions as a son to Edmond?