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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellena worry Vivaldi has done at the start of Chapter 30?
(a) Been placed in slavery.
(b) Confessed her whereabouts.
(c) Yielded to his parents' demands and forgotten her.
(d) Been shipped to Jerusalem.

2. What does the Marchese agree to do to please his son in Chapter 31?
(a) Buy him a new guitar.
(b) Have Schedoni killed.
(c) Marry him and Ellena.
(d) Flee the country.

3. Who was once the Count Di Bruno?
(a) Bonarmo.
(b) Vivaldi.
(c) Schedoni.
(d) Spaltaro.

4. What does Ellena suspect of her breakfast in Chapter 19?
(a) It is poisoned.
(b) It is her last meal.
(c) It will be delicious.
(d) It contains a message from Vivaldi.

5. What does Spaltaro allow Ellena to do before dinner?
(a) Write to Vivaldi.
(b) Walk on the beach.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) Pray in a chapel.

6. What does the narrator say about Schedoni that would have made Ellena join the convent immediately if she had known the truth?
(a) He instructed her to serve God.
(b) A letter she received from him.
(c) His true character.
(d) His place in the hierarchy of the Church.

7. In Chapter 18, where does Ellena's journey take her?
(a) The plains of Apulia.
(b) Vivaldi's family home.
(c) An abandoned building.
(d) Her hometown.

8. What does Schedoni give the guide before he dismisses him?
(a) Food for his journey.
(b) A sack of gold.
(c) A stiletto.
(d) A firm handshake.

9. What does Schedoni admit about Nicola in Chapter 28?
(a) He was his agent in a plot against Vivaldi.
(b) He has never seen him before.
(c) He tried to murder him.
(d) He is his father.

10. What is the only way Vivaldi claims to know Schedoni in Chapter 28?
(a) As a musical star.
(b) As a monk.
(c) Through a friend.
(d) As a servant.

11. How does Ellena feel about Sister Olivia of San Stefano in Chapter 25?
(a) She should leave the convent to marry Schedoni.
(b) She has a bitter hatred for her.
(c) She will soon die.
(d) She loves her most of all the nuns.

12. What does Schedoni question the guide about after a sleepless night in Chapter 23?
(a) A remedy for insomnia.
(b) His opinion of Ellena.
(c) Spalatro.
(d) The day's weather.

13. What stops Schedoni from harming Ellena in Chapter 20?
(a) A letter from Vivaldi.
(b) A portrait in her possession.
(c) A heartfelt plea from Ellena.
(d) The spirit of God.

14. What does the Marchesa di Vivaldi confess on her deathbed?
(a) Her love for Schedoni.
(b) Her unfaithfulness to her husband.
(c) Her crimes against Vivaldi and Ellena.
(d) The murder of Signora Bianchi.

15. When questioned, what does Paulo assert about his master in Chapter 26?
(a) His innocence.
(b) His insanity.
(c) His love for Ellena.
(d) His guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schedoni instruct Spaltaro to do to Ellena in Chapter 20?

2. What does Schedoni claim Vivaldi has been saved from in Chapter 24?

3. Who did the ancient servant that testified in the trial in Chapter 29 work for?

4. In Chapter 18, what does Ellena's room contain that she is unaware of?

5. What will no one tell Vivaldi about the mysterious monk in Chapter 26?

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