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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 unforgivable sin is Ellena accused of in Chapter 6?
(a) Being a witch.
(b) Murder of several people.
(c) Blasphemy against the church.
(d) Seeking a clandestine union with Vivaldi.

2. How does Ellena decide to endure her suffering?
(a) Using it to compose music.
(b) By fighting back.
(c) Wailing repeatedly.
(d) With firmness and dignity.

3. What does Vivaldi ascertain after observing his mother's adviser?
(a) The adviser is plotting to kill his mother.
(b) He is not the man plaguing him.
(c) His mother is having an affair with him.
(d) The adviser is very ill.

4. Why does the abbess hint at punishing Ellena?
(a) The chores she has not completed.
(b) Her refusal to accept the veil.
(c) Her manner of dress.
(d) Her snide comments.

5. What does Vivaldi question Paulo about in Chapter 7?
(a) His latest musical work.
(b) The monastery of the Black Penitents.
(c) His spiritual beliefs.
(d) His relationship with Ellena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivaldi accuse his mother's adviser of in Chapter 4?

2. Who is escorting Ellena di Rosalba in Chapter 1?

3. Who does Vivaldi encounter while leaving his mother's closet?

4. What does Paulo fear about the man he and Vivaldi are hunting?

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

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