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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the church in which Vincentio di Vivaldi sees Ellena di Rosalba in Chapter 1?
(a) Rome.
(b) Sicily.
(c) San Lorenzo.
(d) The suburbs of Venice.

2. What does Paulo fear about the man he and Vivaldi are hunting?
(a) He is carrying disease.
(b) He is a government spy.
(c) He is of supernatural origins.
(d) He is Vivaldi's uncle.

3. What happens to Ellena on the morning she is to leave for the convent at Santa Maria della Pieta?
(a) She discovers a letter from her father.
(b) She falls down the steps.
(c) She is kidnapped by three masked men.
(d) She is confronted by Vivaldi's mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ellena decide to board for sanctuary?

2. Why does the abbess hint at punishing Ellena?

3. Who does Vivaldi suspect is plaguing him in Chapter 3?

4. What amazes the English travelers in the Introduction?

5. What unforgivable sin is Ellena accused of in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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