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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 9, 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Vivaldi and Paulo find when attempting to leave the monastery?
(a) A blood stained monk habit.
(b) A book of spells.
(c) The keys to the monastery.
(d) A lock of Ellena's hair.

2. Where do Vivaldi and Paulo end up after pursuing the figure in the monastery?
(a) An empty chamber.
(b) Ellena's house.
(c) The choir loft
(d) The top of a mountain.

3. Where is the church in which Vincentio di Vivaldi sees Ellena di Rosalba in Chapter 1?
(a) San Lorenzo.
(b) The suburbs of Venice.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Rome.

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

5. What does the friar offer to send the travelers?
(a) A satchel of money.
(b) A religious relic.
(c) An extraordinary confession.
(d) A newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ellena's reaction when she sees Vivaldi after refusing to accept the veil at the convent of San Stefano?

2. Why does the abbess hint at punishing Ellena?

3. What amazes the English travelers in the Introduction?

4. What does Vivaldi's friend suggest he do near the end of Chapter 1?

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

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