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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellena urge Schedoni to do after seeing Spalatro wounded?
(a) Summon a priest to administer last rites.
(b) Bring Spalatro on their journey.
(c) Seek a doctor.
(d) Depart hastily.

2. What does the tribunal refuse to reveal to Vivaldi in Chapter 17?
(a) His crime.
(b) The name of his accuser.
(c) His mother's safety.
(d) Ellena's whereabouts.

3. What does Spaltaro allow Ellena to do before dinner?
(a) Write to Vivaldi.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Walk on the beach.
(d) Pray in a chapel.

4. What does Ellena fear when she is visited by Beatrice in Chapter 30?
(a) She has come to murder her.
(b) Further persecution.
(c) Her son has been murdered.
(d) Vivaldi has been killed.

5. Whose confession does Father Ansaldo relate to the tribunal?
(a) Bonarmo's
(b) The Marchesa di Vivaldi's
(c) Ellena's.
(d) The Count di Bruno's.

6. In Chapter 28, how are Schedoni and Father Ansaldo questioned?
(a) While being tortured.
(b) In the town square.
(c) Separately and together with Vivaldi.
(d) Over a fine meal.

7. What is the Marchesa's dying wish in Chapter 31?
(a) To see Schedoni's face.
(b) To see the home where she was born.
(c) She be buried in Rome.
(d) That her husband consent to Vivaldi's and Ellena's wedding.

8. How does Ellena feel about Sister Olivia of San Stefano in Chapter 25?
(a) She has a bitter hatred for her.
(b) She should leave the convent to marry Schedoni.
(c) She loves her most of all the nuns.
(d) She will soon die.

9. Who did Olivia correspond regularly with in Chapter 30?
(a) The Marchesa di Vivaldi.
(b) Signor Bianchi.
(c) The Count di Bruno.
(d) Paulo, Vivaldi's servant.

10. When questioned, what does Paulo assert about his master in Chapter 26?
(a) His guilt.
(b) His innocence.
(c) His love for Ellena.
(d) His insanity.

11. What does Ellena request from Spalatro?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Her freedom.
(c) A rosary.
(d) A lamp.

12. In Chapter 24 what does the Marchesa di Vivaldi ask Schedoni about Ellena?
(a) If he believes her to be a good match for her son.
(b) Whether she is safe.
(c) How she escaped.
(d) Whether she has paid her debt to justice.

13. Who was once the Count Di Bruno?
(a) Schedoni.
(b) Spaltaro.
(c) Vivaldi.
(d) Bonarmo.

14. In Chapter 30, who does Olivia reveal to Ellena that she is?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A famous actress.
(d) The spirit of Beatrice.

15. What does Schedoni give the guide before he dismisses him?
(a) Food for his journey.
(b) A sack of gold.
(c) A firm handshake.
(d) A stiletto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops Schedoni from harming Ellena in Chapter 20?

2. What causes Ellena to consider relinquishing the world to join the convent in Chapter 25?

3. What does Vivaldi expect to happen when he meets the Chief Officer?

4. Who does the court of the Inquisition remind Vivaldi they are merciful to in Chapter 17?

5. What does Schedoni question the guide about after a sleepless night in Chapter 23?

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