THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK - revision questions

Chapter 1
1. Who were the Musketeers? Why were they called like that? What two weapons did
musketeers use?
2. Who was Anna of Austria? In what other chapter does she appear? 
3. What was King Louis doing at the beginning of the story? What does this show about
his personality?
4. How do you play boules?
5. What did D'Artagnan want to talk to Louis about? What was the reason for this
problem?
6. Who were Fouquet and Colbert? What do we learn about them in this chapter?
7. What solutions did Fouquet propose? What was wrong with the food in the
storerooms?
8. Why did D'Artagnan feel depressed at the end of the chapter? What did he find when
he got to his office?
 
Chapter 2
9. What happened to D’Artagnan while he was riding to Paris? Where was the
Musketeers' meeting place?
10. What had Athos, Aramis and Porthos done since they had left the Musketeers? Why
was Athos sad at that moment?
11. Why did Athos say that they should be rid of Louis? What did Porthos say he would
do if he were King of France?
12. Why didn't Aramis tell D'Artagnan about his plan? Why did D’Artagnan refuse to
help the others?
13. What did D'Artagnan ask his friends to do? Why? Did they agree? Why?/Why not?
14. Where did D’Artagnan spend that night? What did he decide to do?
 
Chapter 3
15. Where was the prison of St. Marguerite? What kind of prisoners were kept there?
16. How did the Musketeers travel to St. Marguerite? How were Aramis and Athos
dressed?
17. What story did Aramis and Athos tell the guard so that he would let them in? Who
had signed their papers, supposedly?
18. What did the guard do when Aramis and Athos went into the cell? Why did Aramis
and Athos think the prisoner had no head? 
19. Why was Philippe put in prison? Why were Philippe's guardians killed?
20. How did Aramis get Philippe out of prison?
21. What did the guard offer Aramis and Athos when they were going back to the boat?
Did they accept? Why?/Why not?
22. Why did Porthos say that he would row alone? Why did Porthos refuse to go and get
the horses with Philippe? Who stayed on the shore to fight Fouquet's men?
 
Chapter 4
23. Why did Louis not know that Philippe existed?
24. Why did Fouquet think it was dangerous to let Philippe live?
25. Why was Fouquet so sure that Aramis, Athos and Porthos had rescued Philippe
from St. Marguerite?
26. What did Fouquet want to do with the Musketeers and Philippe? What did Louis
want to do? What did D’Artagnan say he would do?
27. What did Colbert ask D’Artagnan when they met in the garden? What did
D’Artagnan answer?
28. What did Louise tell D’Artagnan in the garden? How did D’Artagnan feel?
 
Chapter 5
29. What did D’Artagnan decide to do? What did he tell the King he was going to do?
30. What was the Musketeers’ reaction when D'Artagnan came to Athos's farm? Why?
31. Why did D'Artagnan open Philippe's shirt?
32. When were the Musketeers planning to replace Louis with Philippe? What did
Aramis ask D’Artagnan to do for them?
33. What was Athos doing the next morning when D’Artagnan woke up? Why was
Athos annoyed when D’Artagnan talked to them through the window?
34. Who came to Athos’ farm after the swordfight? What did he tell them?
35. Why did they decide not to have breakfast and to leave immediately?
36. Did they leave all together? Why?/Why not?