The Angélique Quiz
Question 1:
How old is Angélique when the story begins?
Answer:
Eight years old.
Question 2:
What was Nicholas's nickname for Angélique - a name which she was later also given in the Paris underworld?
Answer:
The Marquise of the Angels.
Question 3:
The steward of the Plessis-Belliere castle had a major influence in the life of Angélique. What was his name?
Answer:
Maitre Molines.
Question 4:
What was the nickname that her cousin, Philippe du Plessis-Belliere, bestowed on Angélique, which infuriated her?
Answer:
The Baroness of the Doleful Dress (Garb).
Question 5:
What was the insurrection of many of the nobles against the young king, Louis XIV, called?
Answer:
The Fronde (actually the second Fronde. The first was an uprising of the common people).
Question 6:
Which famous visitor to Plessis had his plans to poison the King upset by Angélique when she stole the infamous poison casket?
Answer:
The Prince de Condé.
Question 7:
During her schooling at the Ursuline convent, Angélique's attempted sexual interlude with a young boy was upset by a very famous clergyman who founded the Lazarite order. Who was he?
Answer:
Father (later Saint) Vincent de Paul, also know as 'The Conscience of the Kingdom'.
Question 8:
Why did Joffrey de Peyrac, a rich count, want to marry Angélique, a young girl with no fortune, whom he had never met?
Answer:
Because he wanted her dowry - the mine at Argentiere - as a cover for his gold smuggling operation.
Question 9:
Who first tells Angélique that the Comte de Peyrac is ugly, lame, and reputed to have dealings with Satan?
Answer:
Nicholas Merlot.
Question 10:
Angélique's first wedding took place at Monteloup. To whom was she married?
Answer:
Bernard the Marquis d'Andijos, Joffrey's friend who acted as his proxy.
Question 11:
What does D'Andijos offer Angélique to eat to prepare herself for the real wedding night?
Answer:
Truffles.
Question 12:
At her first dinner in Toulouse, Angélique has trouble using something, which she has never seen before. What is it?
Answer:
A fork.
Question 13:
Unknown to Angélique, Joffrey has a talent which earns him a nickname among the people. What is the talent and what is the nickname?
Answer:
Singing. He is nicknamed 'The Golden Voice of the Kingdom'.
Question 14:
How did Joffrey protect himself from poison?
Answer:
By ingesting a miniscule amount of various poisons daily, to build tolerance.
Question 19:
What was the name Joffrey originally had wanted for his first son? Why was it changed to Florimond instead?
Answer:
Cantor, after the great troubador, Cantor de Marmont. He was named Florimond after the Floral Games, then happening in Toulouse.
Question 20:
Who arranged Angélique's disastrous audience with the King?
Answer:
Mme de Montpensier, also known as 'Madamoiselle' or the 'Grand Demoiselle'.
Question 21:
Following the attempt on her life by Monsieur and his minions, where did Angélique awaken from unconsciousness?
Answer:
In the home of her brother, Gontran (the artist).
Question 22:
After moving from Hortense's house, Angélique moved in with the widow Cordeau, whose son had an unusual occupation. What was it, and what was the nickname he had because of it?
Answer:
He was apprentice to Maitre Aubin, the High Executioner of Paris. He was called 'Rope-Round-the-Neck'.
Question 23:
What was the event which clinched the guilty verdict in Joffrey's trial?
Answer:
The murder of Father Kircher, the Grand Exorcist of Paris, who would have testified that Joffrey was neither possessed by the devil nor a sorcerer.
Question 24:
Why does Angélique visit the executioner the night before Joffrey is to be burned at the stake?
Answer:
To bribe Maitre Aubin to strangle Joffrey, thus saving him the suffering of being burned to death.
Question 25:
Part of Joffrey's sentence called for his public repentence at Notre Dame. Instead of asking forgiveness, what did he do?
Answer:
He sang for the last time.
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