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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 does Vivaldi find when he rushes to Ellena's house in Chapter 9?
(a) The house burned to the ground.
(b) Beatrice tied up.
(c) A surprise party.
(d) An angry mob.

2. What does Olivia leave for Ellena in her room?
(a) A new dress.
(b) Several books.
(c) A musical instrument.
(d) A small pet.

3. Where does Ellena decide to board for sanctuary?
(a) The Tuscan wine region.
(b) The Sicilian coast.
(c) The convent of Santa Maria della Pieta.
(d) Vivaldi's home.

4. What does his father threaten to do if Vivaldi marries Ellena?
(a) Lock him in the basement.
(b) Beat him severely.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Disinherit him.

5. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?
(a) For lacking respect for Ellena's precepts of a holy religion.
(b) The tightness of the bindings holding her.
(c) For the lack of food she was given.
(d) For the unfair treatment of servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What benefit does Ellena gain after meeting Olivia?

2. What is the profession of the strange man in the church in the Introduction?

3. What attracts Vincentio di Vivaldi to Ellena di Rosalba at first?

4. What does Schedoni do when Vivaldi questions him?

5. Who is Ellena enchanted by on the fifth day of her captivity at the convent of San Stefano?

(see the answer key)

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