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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Chapter 14, 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vivaldi demand to be done in Chapter 16?
(a) To be taken with Ellena.
(b) To be taken to the doctor.
(c) Ellena be released immediately.
(d) The charges explained to him.

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

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

5. What does the friar offer to send the travelers?
(a) A satchel of money.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) An extraordinary confession.
(d) A religious relic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?

2. Why does Vivaldi question pursuing Ellena?

3. What amazes the English travelers in the Introduction?

4. What does Ellena beg Vivaldi not to do when their wedding is interrupted and she is seized by the intruders?

5. What does Vivaldi find when he rushes to Ellena's house in Chapter 9?

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