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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Foundling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the paperwork that the Count gives to the Marquise state?
(a) In the event of his death, the Marquise will inherit his entire estate.
(b) In the event of his death, the Marquise's father will have control of his estate.
(c) In the event of his death,his estate will be donated to the charity of the Marquise's choosing.
(d) In the event of his death, his child will inherit his entire estate.

2. How does Don's wife react to the news of her son?
(a) She attacks other survivors.
(b) She silently weeps away her maternal grief.
(c) She becomes enraged.
(d) She faints.

3. Why do the Marquise and her children move in with her parents?
(a) Her house burns down.
(b) Her husband dies.
(c) She has no money.
(d) Her youngest child becomes very ill.

4. What does the priest make sure to point out?
(a) The importance of remembering the earthquake.
(b) Those who perished.
(c) His own survival and the survival of the church.
(d) Jerónimo's and Josefa's circumstances.

5. What does Piachi stop doing when he is sixty years old?
(a) Piachi stops working.
(b) Piachi stops attending church.
(c) Piachi stops tolerating Nicolo's misbehavior.
(d) Piachi stops smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piachi curse on his third day in jail?

2. What reminds Jerónimo of Josefa after the earthquake?

3. How do the Count and the Marquise live until after the baby is born?

4. How does the Count shock the Marquise's brother?

5. What do people believe of Josefa's fate?

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