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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ellena on the morning she is to leave for the convent at Santa Maria della Pieta?
(a) She is confronted by Vivaldi's mother.
(b) She falls down the steps.
(c) She is kidnapped by three masked men.
(d) She discovers a letter from her father.

2. What does Vivaldi hear Ellena singing when he returns to the villa alone after Bonarmo refuses to accompany him?
(a) The Italian national anthem.
(b) A religious hymn.
(c) The song he serenaded her with.
(d) An opera.

3. What does Vivaldi learn about Ellena's past in Chapter 1?
(a) She is an orphan.
(b) She is extremely rich.
(c) Her parents were criminals.
(d) She is a princess.

4. What does Vivaldi suspect is the cause of death in the investigation?
(a) Old age.
(b) Strangulation.
(c) Poison.
(d) Suicide.

5. Who is Ellena enchanted by on the fifth day of her captivity at the convent of San Stefano?
(a) The dark haired man she is to marry.
(b) Vivaldi's servant Paulo.
(c) The spirit of the devil.
(d) A nun singing hymns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the abbess hint at punishing Ellena?

2. What does Vivaldi find when he rushes to Ellena's house in Chapter 9?

3. What benefit does Ellena gain after meeting Olivia?

4. What does Vivaldi ask his friend to do at the end of Chapter 1?

5. What does Olivia leave for Ellena in her room?

(see the answer key)

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