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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 flee the country together.
(c) To go to pray for Vivaldi's soul.
(d) To not confine their efforts to mere remonstrances.

2. What does Vivaldi suspect is the cause of death in the investigation?
(a) Old age.
(b) Strangulation.
(c) Poison.
(d) Suicide.

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

4. Who is escorting Ellena di Rosalba in Chapter 1?
(a) The Friar.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Signora Bianchi.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Ellena finally acknowledge Vivaldi as?
(a) A great singer.
(b) The village idiot.
(c) An annoyance.
(d) An admirer.

6. Who does the Marchesa question about the rumor's validity?
(a) The local sheriff.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son's friend, Bonarmo.
(d) Her secret advisor.

7. What is the profession of the strange man in the church in the Introduction?
(a) An assassin.
(b) A chef.
(c) An actor.
(d) A police officer.

8. What is the warning Vivaldi receives upon returning to the villa in Chapter 3?
(a) The sky is falling!
(b) A flood is coming!
(c) I'm going to kill you!
(d) Death is in the house!

9. What choice is given to Ellena in Chapter 8?
(a) To accept the veil or marry a husband chosen for her.
(b) To repent her sins or flee the country.
(c) The fate of prisoners of the state.
(d) The color of her wedding gown.

10. Where does Vivaldi find lodging for Ellena in Chapter 13?
(a) A cave in the hills.
(b) In a local inn.
(c) An Ursaline convent.
(d) An abandoned barn.

11. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?
(a) For lacking respect for Ellena's precepts of a holy religion.
(b) The tightness of the bindings holding her.
(c) For the lack of food she was given.
(d) For the unfair treatment of servants.

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

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

14. What causes Vivaldi to believe he has been betrayed in Chapter 12?
(a) The passageway has been darkened.
(b) Ellena's disappearance.
(c) The gate at the end of the passage is locked.
(d) The police are chasing them.

15. Who drags Ellena away while Vivaldi is wounded in Chapter 16?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Inquisitors.
(c) Vivaldi's mother.
(d) The Friar of the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Paulo announce is approaching in Chapter 13?

2. What is Vivaldi urging Ellena to do at the start of Chapter 16?

3. What bad news does Vivaldi discover upon entering Ellena's house in Chapter 3?

4. What is Ellena's reaction when she sees Vivaldi after refusing to accept the veil at the convent of San Stefano?

5. What does Vivaldi ascertain after observing his mother's adviser?

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