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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Vivaldi's mother and her adviser decide to do after Vivaldi has left her apartments in Chapter 4?
(a) To prepare a feast for Vivaldi and Ellena.
(b) To not confine their efforts to mere remonstrances.
(c) To flee the country together.
(d) To go to pray for Vivaldi's soul.

2. Where does Vivaldi visit upon returning home in Chapter 4?
(a) His father's office.
(b) The local church.
(c) His mother's closet.
(d) His friend Bonarmo's home.

3. Who does Vivaldi encounter while leaving his mother's closet?
(a) Her secret lover.
(b) Ellena.
(c) Her secret adviser.
(d) His uncle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Ellena finally acknowledge Vivaldi as?

2. Who does Vivaldi convince to help him search for the man who is plaguing him?

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

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

5. What happens to Ellena on the morning she is to leave for the convent at Santa Maria della Pieta?

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