View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivaldi relate to the tribunal even though he doesn't believe it?
(a) The monk's tale.
(b) The story of the deserted town they passed on their journey.
(c) That he will be set free.
(d) Ellena's death.

2. What does Vivaldi tell the tribunal about the monk in Chapter 27?
(a) The color of his hair.
(b) That he visited his chamber the night before.
(c) That he knows his identity.
(d) His location.

3. What will no one tell Vivaldi about the mysterious monk in Chapter 26?
(a) Who he is.
(b) The status of his health.
(c) His feelings about Vivaldi.
(d) How he got there.

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

5. What does the Marchesa believe changed Schedoni's opinion of Ellena?
(a) He has fallen in love with Ellena.
(b) A bribe from Vivaldi.
(c) A conversation with a priest.
(d) He has become mentally ill.

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

7. In Chapter 18, where does Ellena's journey take her?
(a) An abandoned building.
(b) The plains of Apulia.
(c) Her hometown.
(d) Vivaldi's family home.

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

9. Where are Vivaldi and Paulo taken at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Vivaldi's home.
(b) The jail at St. Peters.
(c) To a local inn.
(d) The courthouse.

10. What does Schedoni do every time the guide mentions Spalatro?
(a) Slap him in the head.
(b) Weep profusely.
(c) Interrupt him.
(d) Laugh uncontrollably.

11. Who does Ellena suspect Spalatro is?
(a) A government spy.
(b) Her brother.
(c) A hired assassin.
(d) An agent of the Marchesa di Vivaldi.

12. Who helps dispel Olivia's despondency in Chapter 30?
(a) Vivaldi.
(b) A street preacher.
(c) The abbess and nuns of Santa Maria della Pieta.
(d) A beggar on the road.

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

14. What time of day do Vivaldi and Paulo enter Rome?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Late afternoon.

15. What does Schedoni believe his first step must be in obtaining his desires in Chapter 21?
(a) Killing the Marchesa di Vivaldi.
(b) Capturing Spaltaro.
(c) Freeing Vivaldi.
(d) Fleeing the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was once the Count Di Bruno?

2. What does Schedoni seek from the Marchesa di Vivaldi in Chapter 21?

3. Why does Ellena hate seeing Spalatro wounded?

4. How long is Ellena's journey in Chapter 18?

5. What does Schedoni claim Vivaldi has been saved from in Chapter 24?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 494 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample