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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15: Chapter 32, 33 and 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?
(a) The tightness of the bindings holding her.
(b) For the lack of food she was given.
(c) For lacking respect for Ellena's precepts of a holy religion.
(d) For the unfair treatment of servants.

2. Who are the Marchese di Vivaldi and his son summoned to see in Chapter 32?
(a) Schedoni.
(b) The pope.
(c) The Inquisition Tribunal.
(d) The abbess of San Stefano.

3. What is Vivaldi told when he summons the jailer to detain the monk in Chapter 27?
(a) It is a pistol shot.
(b) That no one is near him.
(c) To be silent.
(d) It is a barking dog.

4. What does Schedoni do when Vivaldi questions him?
(a) Charges Vivaldi with a sword.
(b) Flees the church.
(c) Ignores his questions.
(d) Answers his questions fully.

5. What does Schedoni learn was the fate of the village of the Barone di Cambrusca?
(a) It was destroyed by a flood.
(b) It became the richest village in Italy.
(c) It was destroyed in an earthquake.
(d) It was burned down by rebels.

Short Answer Questions

1. The monk discusses a confession with Vivaldi in Vivaldi's cell in Chapter 25. Where is that confession made?

2. Who does Olivia tell Ellena she resembles?

3. Who does Paulo announce is approaching in Chapter 13?

4. What is the warning Vivaldi receives upon returning to the villa in Chapter 3?

5. What does Vivaldi question Paulo about in Chapter 7?

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