The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1844) - Quiz
  • 1. Who is the author of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Alexandre Dumas
C) Victor Hugo
D) Gustave Flaubert
  • 2. In what country does the majority of the novel take place?
A) Spain
B) England
C) Italy
D) France
  • 3. Who betrays Edmond Dantès, leading to his wrongful imprisonment?
A) Caderousse
B) Villefort
C) Fernand Mondego
D) Danglars
  • 4. Who helps Edmond Dantès escape from prison?
A) Abel Magwitch
B) Santiago Casares
C) Father Goriot
D) Abbé Faria
  • 5. Who is the lover of Edmond Dantès at the beginning of the story?
A) Haydée
B) Eugénie
C) Mercedes
D) Valentine
  • 6. What is the name of the ship that Edmond Dantès serves on as a young sailor?
A) HMS Bounty
B) Nautilus
C) Endeavour
D) Pharaon
  • 7. What is the alias used by Edmond Dantès when he seeks revenge?
A) The Man in the Iron Mask
B) The Count of Monte Cristo
C) The Phantom of the Opera
D) The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • 8. Which character becomes the wife of the Count of Monte Cristo in the novel?
A) Haydée
B) Valentine de Villefort
C) Eugénie Danglars
D) Lucrezia Vampa
  • 9. In what year does Edmond Dantès first set sail on the Pharaon?
A) 1820
B) 1840
C) 1815
D) 1830
  • 10. Who was Edmond Dantès supposed to deliver a package and letter to in Paris?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte and Morrel
B) Villefort and Danglars
C) General Bertrand and Noirtier
D) Fernand Mondego and Caderousse
  • 11. What was the main reason Villefort destroyed the letter given to him by Edmond Dantès?
A) Because he did not trust Dantès
B) He wanted to frame Dantès for treason
C) The letter contained a threat against him
D) To protect his political career due to his father's Bonapartist ties
  • 12. What did Abbé Faria teach Edmond Dantès during their imprisonment?
A) Cooking and survival skills
B) Sailing and navigation
C) Languages, history, culture, mathematics, chemistry, medicine, and science
D) Poison-making and espionage
  • 13. Who rescued Edmond Dantès after he escaped the burial sack?
A) Caderousse and his friends
B) Fernand Mondego's men
C) General Bertrand’s soldiers
D) Genoese smugglers
  • 14. What was Edmond Dantès' first act upon returning to Marseille as the Count of Monte Cristo?
A) Rescued Morrel from bankruptcy by posing as a banker and buying his debts
B) Attacked Danglars' bank
C) Revealed his identity to Caderousse
D) Confronted Fernand Mondego publicly
  • 15. Who did Edmond Dantès befriend in Rome, who later introduced him to Parisian high society?
A) Viscount Albert de Morcerf
B) Danglars
C) Caderousse
D) General Bertrand
  • 16. What was the relationship between Mercédès and Fernand Mondego?
A) Her childhood friend
B) Mercédès's cousin and a rival for her affections
C) Her employer
D) Her brother-in-law
  • 17. How did Edmond Dantès ensure Albert de Morcerf would trust him?
A) Helped him in a duel
B) Gave him a large sum of money
C) Taught him about the treasure
D) Arranged for Albert to be captured and 'rescued' by Luigi Vampa
  • 18. How did Edmond Dantès manipulate the financial markets to ruin Danglars?
A) Bribed a telegraph operator to transmit a false message
B) Blackmailed him with evidence
C) Stole Danglars' money directly
D) Publicly accused him of fraud
  • 19. What was the outcome for Danglars after his financial ruin?
A) Was imprisoned without trial
B) Embezzled hospital funds and fled to Italy, where he was kidnapped by Luigi Vampa
C) Fled the country with a new identity
D) Returned all stolen money voluntarily
  • 20. What did Edmond Dantès do to help Morrel's son Maximilien?
A) Gave him money to start a business
B) Protected Valentine from an unknown poisoner by faking her death
C) Helped him marry another woman
D) Introduced him to Parisian society
  • 21. What was the fate of Villefort's family after Héloïse's poisoning?
A) Héloïse was forgiven by the family
B) They moved to a different country
C) Villefort went insane and Édouard died from poison
D) All members were imprisoned
  • 22. What did Edmond Dantès do with the money he extorted from Danglars?
A) Returned it anonymously to the hospitals
B) Used it to buy more islands
C) Kept it for himself
D) Donated it to charity in his own name
  • 23. What realization did Edmond Dantès come to after failing to resuscitate Édouard?
A) He planned to seek forgiveness from Villefort
B) He decided to abandon all plans for revenge
C) He felt justified in his actions
D) He questioned if his revenge had gone too far
  • 24. Which persona does Dantès use to perform acts of generosity?
A) Abbé Busoni
B) Lord Wilmore
C) Sinbad the Sailor
D) The Count of Monte Cristo
  • 25. What is Dantès' alias when he saves the Morrel family?
A) Sinbad the Sailor
B) Abbé Busoni
C) Lord Wilmore
D) The Count of Monte Cristo
  • 26. Who does Dantès tell is the true name of the Count of Monte Cristo?
A) Maximilien Morrel
B) Monsieur Zaccone
C) Valentine
D) Haydée
  • 27. What number was Dantès assigned by the new governor of Château d'If?
A) 23
B) 45
C) 12
D) 34
  • 28. What name did Dantès go by after being rescued by smugglers from Tiboulen?
A) The Maltese Sailor
B) Lord Wilmore
C) Abbé Busoni
D) Sinbad the Sailor
  • 29. What is the name of Dantès' banking firm?
A) Morrel & Sons
B) Thomson & French
C) Villefort & Associates
D) Danglars Bank
  • 30. What is Mercédès consumed with throughout the novel?
A) Anger towards Monte Cristo
B) Joy at her marriage to Fernand
C) Desire for revenge on Fernand
D) Guilt over Edmond's disappearance
  • 31. What does Albert de Morcerf travel to in search of fortune and honor?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Africa
D) Spain
  • 32. Who was the mastermind behind Dantès' imprisonment?
A) Héloïse de Villefort
B) Monsieur Noirtier de Villefort
C) Baron Danglars
D) Gérard de Villefort
  • 33. Who was the tailor in Marseilles who knew of Danglars and Fernand's plot against Dantès?
A) Emmanuel Herbault
B) Gaspard Caderousse
C) Pierre Morrel
D) Maximilien Morrel
  • 34. Who was the journalist and Chief Editor of l'Impartial?
A) Beauchamp
B) Raoul de Château-Renaud
C) Lucien Debray
D) Albert de Morcerf
  • 35. Who was unintentionally killed by a glass of poisoned lemonade?
A) Monsieur d'Avrigny
B) Louis Dantès
C) Barrois
D) Monsieur de Boville
  • 36. Who played the role of Prince Andrea Cavalcanti's father?
A) Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti
B) Count of Monte Cristo
C) Pierre Morrel
D) Gaspard Caderousse
  • 37. Who was the Pasha of Yanina?
A) Count of Monte Cristo
B) Ali Tebelen (or Ali Tepelini)
C) Maximilien Morrel
D) Fernand Mondego
  • 38. Who was referred to as 'Countess G—' in the novel?
A) Valentine de Villefort
B) Eugénie Danglars
C) Louise d'Armilly
D) Countess Teresa Guiccioli
  • 39. In which year was Georges, a novel by Dumas, published?
A) 1846
B) 1843
C) 1807
D) 1838
  • 40. What is the title of the essay by Jacques Peuchet that inspired Dumas?
A) Memoirs from the Archives of the Paris Police
B) Fenestrelle Fort Memoir
C) The Shoemaker's Tale
D) Le Diamant et la Vengeance
  • 41. Where was Pierre Picaud placed under house arrest?
A) Fenestrelle Fort
B) Nîmes Prison
C) Paris Police Headquarters
D) Italian Cleric's Mansion
  • 42. Who left a fortune to Pierre Picaud after treating him like a son?
A) An English spy
B) Pierre Picaud's fiancée
C) The three jealous friends
D) A rich Italian cleric
  • 43. How did Pierre Picaud exact revenge on the first of his accusers?
A) Poisoned him
B) Left him without fortune
C) Stabbed him with a dagger marked 'Number One'
D) Lured him into crime
  • 44. What happened to the third man, Loupian, who married Picaud's fiancée?
A) Picaud fatally stabbed him
B) Picaud poisoned him
C) Picaud left him alone
D) Picaud forgave him
  • 45. Into what profession did Picaud lead Loupian's daughter?
A) Poisoning
B) Marriage
C) Prostitution
D) Crime
  • 46. What real-life event inspired the murders inside the Villefort family in 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) A house arrest case
B) A stabbing incident
C) An inheritance dispute
D) A poisoning in a family
  • 47. When did the serialization of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' in the Journal des Débats begin?
A) 1 January 1845
B) 18 April 1844
C) 15 January 1846
D) 28 August 1844
  • 48. How many volumes were in the first edition of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' published by Pétion?
A) 12 volumes
B) 10 volumes
C) 18 volumes
D) 20 volumes
  • 49. Which publisher released the first single volume English translation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Geo Pierce
B) Little Brown
C) Simms and M'Intyre
D) Chapman and Hall
  • 50. In which year was the first unabridged English translation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' published?
A) 1889
B) 1850
C) 1845
D) 1846
  • 51. Which publisher updated the anonymous 1846 English translation in 1955, cutting several passages?
A) Collins
B) Oxford University Press
C) Penguin Classics
D) Little Brown
  • 52. Which edition of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' was published as a manga by UDON Entertainment?
A) June 2017
B) April 1996
C) July 1956
D) May 2008
  • 53. Who translated 'The Count of Monte Cristo' for the Penguin Classics edition published in 1996?
A) David Coward
B) Robin Buss
C) Emma Hardy
D) Henry L. Williams
  • 54. Which publisher released an updated version of the anonymous translation in 2008?
A) UDON Entertainment
B) Oxford University Press
C) Collins
D) Penguin Classics
  • 55. Which illustrator worked with Paul Gavarni for the L'Écho des Feuilletons edition?
A) Tony Johannot
B) M Valentin
C) Robin Buss
D) Henry L. Williams
  • 56. Which chapter was cut entirely in the 1955 Collins abridged version?
A) The Past
B) The House on the Allées de Meilhan
C) The Departure
D) The Prisoner of If
  • 57. What is the title of the first Japanese translation by Kuroiwa Shūroku?
A) Shigai Shiden Gankutsu-ou
B) Shin Gankutsu-ou
C) Monte Cristo-haku
D) Meiji Gankutsu-ou
  • 58. In which newspaper was 'Shigai Shiden Gankutsu-ou' serialized?
A) Mainichi Shimbun
B) Nikkei
C) Asahi Shimbun
D) Yorozu Chōhō
  • 59. Who published the book form of 'Shigai Shiden Gankutsu-ou' in 1905?
A) Shogakukan
B) Kodansha
C) Bungeishunjū
D) Aoki Suusandou
  • 60. What is the alternative title often used for 'The Count of Monte Cristo' in Japan?
A) Gankutsu-ou
B) Monte Cristo-haku
C) Meiji Gankutsu-ou
D) Shin Gankutsu-ou
  • 61. Which film adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' used the title 'Gankutsu-ou' as a subtitle?
A) 2015 film
B) 2003 film
C) 1998 film
D) 2002 film
  • 62. Who authored the novel 'Meiji Gankutsu-ou'?
A) Taijirō Murasame
B) Alexandre Dumas
C) Kuroiwa Shūroku
D) Kaitarō Hasegawa
  • 63. Who authored the novel 'Shin Gankutsu-ou'?
A) Kaitarō Hasegawa
B) Taijirō Murasame
C) Alexandre Dumas
D) Kuroiwa Shūroku
  • 64. What is the Japanese term for the miscarriage of justice case influenced by 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Monte Cristo-haku case
B) Yoshida Gankutsu-ou incident
C) Shin Gankutsu-ou incident
D) Meiji Gankutsu-ou incident
  • 65. What was the duration of imprisonment for the innocent man in the 'Yoshida Gankutsu-ou incident'?
A) Fifteen years
B) Half a century
C) Ten years
D) Twenty-five years
  • 66. In what year was the first Chinese translation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' published?
A) 1907
B) 1844
C) 1978
D) 2000
  • 67. How many Chinese translations of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' have been published since the first one in 1907?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 22
D) 30
  • 68. Who described the serials of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' as holding vast audiences enthralled?
A) Vadim Nikolayev
B) Carlos Javier Villafane Mercado
C) George Saintsbury
D) Jiang Qing
  • 69. Into how many modern languages has 'The Count of Monte Cristo' been translated?
A) Exclusively into Asian languages
B) A few
C) Only English and French
D) Virtually all
  • 70. How many motion pictures have been based on 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Ten
B) Five
C) At least twenty-nine
D) Fifty
  • 71. Which author's work was inspired by 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and is titled 'Ben-Hur'?
A) Steven Brust
B) Alfred Bester
C) Lew Wallace
D) Stephen Fry
  • 72. Which author admitted some influence from Alexandre Dumas, the author of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Alfred Bester
B) Jin Yong
C) Lew Wallace
D) Stephen Fry
  • 73. Which modern Russian writer described 'The Count of Monte-Cristo' as a megapolyphonic novel?
A) George Saintsbury
B) Carlos Javier Villafane Mercado
C) Vadim Nikolayev
D) Jin Yong
  • 74. What type of street-corner hustle is named after 'The Count of Monte Cristo's' title?
A) 'Scamming'
B) 'Pickpocketing'
C) 'Three-card monte'
D) 'Shell game'
  • 75. Which actor starred in the 1908 silent film adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) James O'Neill
B) Hobart Bosworth
C) John Gilbert
D) Arturo de Córdova
  • 76. In which year was the silent-film serial adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' starring Léon Mathot released?
A) 1942
B) 1918
C) 1961
D) 1929
  • 77. Who directed the 1922 film 'Monte Cristo' starring John Gilbert?
A) Robert Vernay
B) Emmett J. Flynn
C) Kevin Reynolds
D) Claude Autant-Lara
  • 78. Which film adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' was directed by Henri Fescourt?
A) 1946 The Return of Monte Cristo
B) 1954 version starring Jean Marais
C) 1929 restored silent epic
D) 1988 Uznik zamka If
  • 79. Which director was responsible for the Mexican film version of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' released in 1942?
A) André Hunebelle
B) David Greene
C) Jijo Punnoose
D) Chano Urueta
  • 80. In which year was the Tamil film adaptation 'Vanjikottai Valiban' released?
A) 2002
B) 1975
C) 1986
D) 1958
  • 81. Who starred in the 1961 French film adaptation 'Le comte de Monte Cristo'?
A) Louis Jourdan
B) Arturo de Córdova
C) Pierre Niney
D) Viktor Avilov
  • 82. Which actor starred in the 2002 film adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' directed by Kevin Reynolds?
A) Arturo de Córdova
B) Jim Caviezel
C) Richard Chamberlain
D) Louis Jourdan
  • 83. What is the title of the Malayalam film adaptation set in a Kerala context?
A) Vanjikottai Valiban
B) Padayottam
C) Asipatha Mamai
D) Veta
  • 84. Who starred as the Count of Monte Cristo in the 1988 Soviet adaptation?
A) Paul Barge
B) Viktor Avilov
C) Jorge Mistral
D) Jean Marais
  • 85. Who directed the 1946 film 'The Return of Monte Cristo'?
A) Robert Vernay
B) Chano Urueta
C) Edgar G. Ulmer
D) Henry Levin
  • 86. Which actor starred in the Spanish adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' directed by León Klimovsky?
A) Jean Marais
B) Jorge Mistral
C) Arturo de Córdova
D) Jim Caviezel
  • 87. Which Telugu film adaptation was released in 1986?
A) Asipatha Mamai
B) Legacy of Rage
C) Padayottam
D) Veta
  • 88. In which year did the BBC television serial starring Alan Badel and Natasha Parry air?
A) 1964
B) 1996
C) 1984
D) 1973
  • 89. Who starred in the 1966 Italian TV series 'Il conte di Montecristo'?
A) Pablo Echarri
B) Gérard Depardieu
C) Andrea Giordana
D) Adam Cheng
  • 90. What is the title of the 1977 Hong Kong television serial starring Adam Cheng?
A) Itihaas
B) Nihon Gankutsuou
C) Marimar
D) The Great Vendetta (大報復)
  • 91. Which Japanese TV series set in the Edo period starred Masao Kusakari?
A) Montecristo
B) Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
C) Nihon Gankutsuou (日本巌窟王)
D) Yago
  • 92. Who starred in the 1979 French TV series 'Le Comte de Monte-Cristo'?
A) Gérard Depardieu
B) Jacques Weber
C) Craig Horner
D) Alan Badel
  • 93. Which Spanish language television series by Televisa later spawned remakes in Mexico and the Philippines?
A) Itihaas
B) Goodbye Mr. Black
C) Marimar
D) Ezel
  • 94. Who created the Indian television series 'Itihaas' in 1996?
A) Ekta Kapoor
B) Nirmala Sood
C) Shobha Kapoor
D) Mahiro Maeda
  • 95. Which actor starred as the Count of Monte Cristo in the 1998 television miniseries?
A) Dean Fujioka
B) William Levy
C) Gérard Depardieu
D) Sam Claflin
  • 96. Which Argentine telenovela starring Pablo Echarri and Paola Krum aired in 2006?
A) Ezel
B) Montecristo
C) Antsanoty
D) Vingança
  • 97. Which Portuguese telenovela directed by Rodrigo Riccó and Paulo Rosa aired in 2006?
A) Ezel
B) Yago
C) Vingança
D) Montecristo
  • 98. Which Turkish television series is an adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo?
A) La Patrona
B) Antsanoty
C) Goodbye Mr. Black
D) Ezel
  • 99. Which American TV series featured the Count as a character in its sixth season?
A) La Patrona
B) Miss Monte-Cristo
C) Goodbye Mr. Black
D) Once Upon a Time
  • 100. Who portrayed the Count of Monte Cristo in the 2018 Japanese TV series?
A) Iván Sánchez
B) William Levy
C) Dean Fujioka
D) Craig Horner
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