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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 ask his friend to do at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Loan him money.
(b) Kidnap Ellena.
(c) Play guitar while he serenades Ellena.
(d) Accompany him to the villa.

2. Where does Schedoni plot to send Ellena?
(a) To an unmarked grave.
(b) The Italian wine region.
(c) The convent of San Stefano.
(d) The South of France.

3. What does Vivaldi accuse his mother's adviser of in Chapter 4?
(a) Being a thief.
(b) Slandering Ellena to his mother.
(c) Spying on the Vivaldi family.
(d) Stealing Vivaldi's music.

4. After talking to Beatrice, what does Vivaldi not want her to mention to Ellena?
(a) Beatrice's suspicions regarding Signora Bianchi's death.
(b) Beatrice's suspicions regarding his true feelings about her.
(c) Beatrice's suspicions regarding the disease he has contracted.
(d) Beatrice's suspicions regarding his plot to burn down the villa.

5. Why is Vivaldi's mother displeased with her son when she returns to her apartment?
(a) The unattended chores.
(b) The state of her apartment.
(c) His manner of dress.
(d) His display of emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of Chapter 3, what does Ellena promise to tell Vivaldi the following week?

2. What is Schedoni worried about when Marchesa says," We are betrayed"?

3. What amazes the English travelers in the Introduction?

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

5. What does Ellena realize about love at the end of Chapter 6?

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