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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivaldi's friend suggest he do near the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Buy Ellena's villa.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Serenade Ellena.
(d) Take a long nap.

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

3. Near the end of Chapter 3, what does Ellena promise to tell Vivaldi the following week?
(a) The location of a buried treasure.
(b) Who her parents are.
(c) Her real name.
(d) Her decision about marriage.

4. Who does Vivaldi suspect is plaguing him in Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother's secret adviser.
(b) Ellena's aunt.
(c) The friar.
(d) His friend Bonarmo.

5. Who does Olivia tell Ellena she resembles?
(a) Her great aunt Tabitha.
(b) The family dog.
(c) The Venus di Milo.
(d) Someone she once knew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?

2. After talking to Beatrice, what does Vivaldi not want her to mention to Ellena?

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

4. What does Vivaldi suspect is the cause of death in the investigation?

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

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