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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is Villa Sangalletti near?
(a) Rome.
(b) Florence.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. What occupation does Philip plan to take up to be like his cousin?
(a) Banker.
(b) Member of Parliament.
(c) School Teacher.
(d) Justice of the Peace.

3. Where did Philip go to university?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Nottingham.

4. Where does the servant at the villa say that Ambrose liked to sit?
(a) On a bench in the villa's private cemetery.
(b) Near the fountain.
(c) In his room with the shutters closed.
(d) In the kitchen of the villa.

5. What piece of information is Philip surprised to learn from Rainaldi concerning Ambrose's will?
(a) That Rachel is not included in the will.
(b) That Nick Kendall is Philip's guardian.
(c) That the estate is to be Philip's immediately.
(d) That the estate is to pass to Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Philip think Ambrose had a premonition about his death before he left the last time?

2. How does the servant at the villa describe Ambrose during his illness?

3. Why does the woman who opens the gate of the villa not tell Philip about Ambrose?

4. What condition causes Ambrose to go abroad in the winters?

5. What hobby do Ambrose and Rachel have in common?

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