The count of Monte cristo

In what year does the book take place

1815

who is Dantes fiancee

Mercedes

who is offered the captain position on the Pharaon

Edmond Dantes

what happened to Dantes father when he is away

He was starting to starve because Caderousse came to him and told him that he owed him money so he had to pay Caderousse

who is in love with Dantes fiancee

Fernand

what do Danglars, Fernand and Caderousse discuss in the restaurant

Dantes and Mercedes wedding

What important event happens at Dantes's betrothal feast?

Policemen come in and arrested Edmond Dantes.

Whose betrothal feast does the reader witness in chapter 5

The members of the highest stratum of Marseilles society

Why is the betrothal feast in chapter 5 interrupted

Because of an alleged Bonapartist plot being discovered having to do with Edmond Dantes

Explain Dantes's excuse for going to Elba

That his now late Captain had asked him to go there and deliver a package while on his deathbed

When does Villefort change his mind about detaining Dantes? Why does he change his mind?

When Dantes gives him the letter that he was told to deliver, and he changes his mind because the letter is a conspiracy plot set to be mailed to his father

Where do the gendarmes take Dantes

Chatea d'if

At the end of chapter 6, where is Dantes taken? Why?

To the dungeon because they think he is a madman

King Louis XVIII is a minor character in the novel, but he makes an impact in the background story line. What important character visits him? What message does this character bring the king

Monsieur de Villefort and he tells him that there is a conspiracy that is threatening his reign and that one of the main players in the conspiracy is Edmond Dantes

How does Villefort change Dantes's story?

He told him that Dantes knew what was in the letter and that he did not know who it went to.

What happened to Dantes father while Dantes was in the Chateau D'if

he falls ill and dies

While in the dungeon in solitude, Dantes makes a desperate decision. What is it? What keeps Dantes from carrying out this decision

He decides to commit suicide, but he relizes that there is still hope when he hears another prisoner trying to escape.

Who is the man Dantes finds? What rumors have been told of this man

Abbè Faria it has been told that he is mad.

Why is the Abbe Faria imprisoned

For coming up with the plan that Napolean stole.

What does the Abbe do with his time in jail? How are these things possible

He write, reads, learns, and makes told and he does this with metal from his bed, t shirts, sut and more.

Explain how the Abbe helps Dantes figure out how his enemies conspired against him

He listens to his story and helps him realize the people that would have benefitted from him being in jail, then after hearing them he puts it all together.

After Abbe helps Dantes discover his enemies, the Abbe says, "… I have instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn't there before: vengeance." Explain the importance of this quotation

Now the reason that Edmond Dantes wants to get out of prison is to enact revenge on his enemies

What does the Abbe teach Dantes?

He teaches him languages, science, math and more

Explain Abbe Faria's illness. What happens right before the great escape?

Abbe Faria has epilepsy, and right before the escape he has a caesar

Why does Dantes think that the Abbe is mad

He thinks that he is mad because he claims to have some great treasure which no one believes him to have.

Who is Cardinal Spada

The rich Spada who is killed by the Pope

Who is Pope Alexander VI

The corrupt Pope who kills the previous pope and Cardinal Spada

Who is Caesar Borgia

Pope Alexander the VI son

Who is Caesar Spada

The last of the Spadas and the one that Abbe Faria worked for

Explain how the rich Spada family becomes poor.

Cardinal Spada left a secret will and hid his treasure and none of the other Spadas found it

Explain how Abbe Faria discovers his fortune

When his lights go out he tried to light what he thought was piece of scrap paper, but it had invisible ink on it telling of the treasure.

What happens to the Abbe after his third attack

he dies

How does Dantes escape from the Chateau d'lf

He switches himself with Abbe Faria and escapes as a dead man.

Who rescues Dantes? What story does Dantes tell the sailors of the Jeune-Amelie

A boat housing pirates and smugglers including Jacopo and he told them that he was a sailor and that his ship had wrecked and that he was the only surviving member of the crew and he filled it out with accurate descriptions of Naples and Malta.

How does Dantes get to stay on the Isle of Monte Cristo?

He tells them that he has fallen ill in order to stay on the island.

How does Dantes reward Jacopo

With a new boat and enough money to live for the rest of his life and to hire a new crew.

What happens to Dantes's father and Mercedes?

Dantes father dies and Mercedes goes missing.

How does Dantes get the treasure off the Isle of Monte Cristo?

He takes it in his new yacht in a secret safe that he had specially made.

What is Caderousse's new profession

He is now an inn keeper

Who visits Caderousse? Who do you think this visitor is?

Abbe Busoni, but it is really Dantes

What information does the visitor receive about the following people: Dantes's father, Morrel, Fernand, Mercedes, Danglars?

Danglars became a banker and is rich, Fernand and Mercedes are married, Dantes father is dead.

What does Caderousse receive for this information

A large diamond that is worth 50 thousand francs.

What does the visitor learn about Dantes's enemies and their betrayal?

He tells them how everybody betrayed him and whats going on with all the people that betrayed him

Who do you think is the representative of Thomson and French

Edmond Dantes

Who is Julie

Morrels daughter

Who is Emmanuel

He used to work for Morrel and is dating/engaged to Julie

What has happened to Morrel and his business? What has happened to the Pharaon

He is in a lot of debt and the Pharon was in terrible shape and sunk.

What does the representative do for Morrel

Gives him extra time to pay of his debts.

What is Morrel planning to do

He plans to kill himself.

Who is Maximilien

Morrels son

Who is Sinbad the Sailor, and what does he do?

It is Dantes and he pays Morrels debt and gives them them the Pharon.

How is Morrel "saved" at the end of chapter 19? Be specific

He gets a letter from his daughter saying that she has found enough money to pay off his debt

Who are the two young French gentlemen mentioned in chapter 20? What is the setting?

Albert and Franz and they meet and are planning to go to the Piazza del Poplo.

What problem do they have? Who helps them with this problem?

They dont want to marry who they are engaged to and the count helps them with this problem.

Who is Signore Pastrini

Signor Pastrini is the owner of the Hotel de Londres in Rome who arranges for the meeting between the Count of Monte Cristo and Albert de Morcerf

Who is Monsieur Bertuccio?

The Counts new servant.

What are the Count and company planning on watching at the Piazza del Poplo

An execution

To whom do you think the Count is referring in his words to Franz on page 115 when he says, "If a man has tortured and killed your father, your mother, your sweetheart… do you think society has given you sufficient reparation because the blade of the guillo¬tine has passed between the murderer's trapezius and his occipital bone, because the man who made you undergo long years of mental and emotional suffering has un¬dergone a few seconds of physical pain?" What does this say about the Count

Caderousse and Fernand this shows that the count isn't interested in killed them that he wants them to be torture like he was.

What happens when Peppino is set free

He dies

What are Franz's and Albert's reactions to the execution?

they are both upset and distraught

Who has taken hold of Albert de Morcerf

Luigi Vampa

How do the bandits respond to the Count's arrival?

They immediately give Albert back while profusely apologizing

When does the Count plan to visit Paris?

In a few months

Name and describe the guests at the Morcerf party.

Lucien, the secretary to the minister of the interior, Beuachamp is a journalist, a rich man named The Baron of Chateau-Renaud and they are all like Albert.

What are some of the Count's eccentricities?

He takes drugs and he keeps them in a giant hollowed out emerald.

How does Mercedes respond to seeing the Count? Why?

She realizes it is Edmond Dantes and she becomes slightly frightened because she trusts Fernand who told him Edmond was dead.

Where is the Count's new residence

Villeforts dads old house.

Where is the country house that the Count bought located? Bertuccio's response to the news?

Bertuccio kind of freaks out

What is Bertuccio's secret?

He saw Caderousse commit a crime and box baby story

Explain the crime that Bertuccio discusses that involves Caderousse

he saw him trying to sell a jewl to a man, then caderousses wife killed the man and Caderousse killed his wife

What happened to Assunta?

Benedetto puts her over a fire and force her to talk.

Describe Danglars's meeting with the Count

The Count rides up on two of Danglars old horses which he purchased for much more than they are truly worth and gets Danglars to give him unlimited credit at his bank.

What does the Count do to get on Madame Danglars's good side

He gives her back her horses.

How does the Count save Heloise de Villefort?

while going out with her horses they go wild, conveniently next to the Counts house and his servan Ali who is amazing with horses saves them and gets the horses to calm down

Describe the Count's conversation with Villefort's wife

They talk about poison, plants, chemistry, medicine, etc.

Describe Haydee

Haydee is the female slave that the Count bought

Whom does the Count visit in chapter 28? Why does the Count leave so abruptly

Max Morrel and he leaves so abruptly because Morrel knows it was him who gave him the money.

Whom does the Count visit in chapter 29? Explain the point the Count is trying to make in his conversation with his host

He goes to the Villeforts and tries to make a point about why the two should be wed

Who visits the Count in chapter 30? Explain the visitor's view of his relationship with Eugenie Danglars

Albert and Lucien Debray and Albert doesn't exactly want to marry Eugenie because he thinks that she is too smart and pretty for him.

Who are Monsieur and Viscount Cavalcanti

Major Calvacanti is a criminal pretentending to be Major Calvacanti and Andre is Benedetto pretending to be Andre, Calvacantis long lost son.

What two secret lovers do we meet in chapter 32?

Maximillien and Valentine

Whom is Valentine supposed to marry

Franz d' Epinay

Whom is Eugenie supposed to marry

Albert

What reason does Valentine give for her stepmother's opposition of marriage

Mrs. Villefort wants Eduard to get all of the inheritance.

Who is Barrios

Barrios is a servant

Describe Nortier's condition

He is paralyzed and has had a stroke, but is really being slowly poisoned by Mrs. Villefort

How does Nortier respond to the news of Valentine's marriage? What does he do

He is furious about the marriage because Franz's dad is loyal to the king and Nortier is loyal to Napolean.

What does Villefort decide to do as a direct reaction to Nortier's response

He decides that he is going to speed up the wedding before the will is written

What story does the Count tell his guests as he gives them a tour of his house in Auteuil?

He tells them that he found the remains of a baby at the house.

What are Madame Danglars and Villefort's responses

They are freaking out.

Who is Benedetto's partner?

Caderousse

Discuss Danglars and Madam Danglars's conversation.

They talk about their bonds and danglars says that Madam Danglars owes him money.

What does Danglars disclose about the futures of Fernand and Eugenie?

Fernand is now out of Danglars picture and he says that Eugenie has never been engaged to alber and in fact she is sort of engaged to someone else.

What new information does Villefort disclose to Madame Danglars

He tells him his version of the box baby story and he tells her that their child is still alive

Who dies in chapter 41?

mr. St Meran

What are Maximilien's and Valentine's plans?

To run away together

Maximilien overhears a conversation between the doctor and Villefort. Discuss the implications of the conversation.

He hears how Renees mother was poison and they imply that they are going to blame Valentime.

Why is the wedding between Valentine and Franz called off

Nortier tells Franz that he was the one that killed his father

What excuse does Danglars give Fernand for calling off the engagement between Albert and Eugenie

Danglar says that something important came up and he doesn't really give any conclusive answer.

Who dies in chapter 44? Who is accused of the murders?

Barrios and Valentine is accused of the murders