The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. In Meung, a man in the tavern makes a comment about D'Artagnan's horse. What did he call the horse? a. impressive steed c. pansy b. buttercup d. Black Beauty

The correct answer here is buttercup.

D'Artagnan has begun his journey to Paris with two gifts from his father a letter of introduction for Monsieur de Tréville and an old yellow horse who walks funny. He arrives at the inn called the Jolly Miller where three gentlemen are making a joke about his horse. The gentlemen, when asked by D'Artagnan, says that horse once must have been a buttercup a color very well known in botany but it is extremely rare in "modern" horses.