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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the tribunal send Vivaldi at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) To the dungeon.
(b) His hometown.
(c) To another tribunal.
(d) Back to his cell.

2. What does Vivaldi expect to happen when he meets the Chief Officer?
(a) He will be set free.
(b) He will see Ellena.
(c) He will see his mother.
(d) He will be tortured.

3. What strikes Schedoni about the play Virginia?
(a) The horrible performance of the actors.
(b) It involves a father murdering his daughter.
(c) He wrote a similar play.
(d) The lead actress favors Ellena.

4. What does Schedoni reveal to Vivaldi at the end of the trial?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) He is Ellena's father.
(c) He knows an escape route.
(d) Vivaldi's parents are to be killed.

5. In Chapter 24, what does the Marchesa believe after hearing details about Ellena's family?
(a) Her son should marry Ellena immediately.
(b) She would like to hear the details from Ellena for herself.
(c) They should be written into a book.
(d) That Schedoni has been taken in by Ellena's lies.

6. In Chapter 30, why does Olivia say she was persecuted by the abbess of San Stefano?
(a) Her manner of speaking.
(b) Incompletion of duties.
(c) Her faith.
(d) Aiding Ellena's escape.

7. Where does Schedoni deposit Ellena in Chapter 22?
(a) A prison cell.
(b) A local convent.
(c) An abandoned farmhouse.
(d) A friend's house.

8. Whose trial is Vivaldi called to testify in, at the start of Chapter 29?
(a) His mother's.
(b) Nicola's.
(c) Ellena's.
(d) Schedoni's.

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

10. What does Schedoni claim Vivaldi has been saved from in Chapter 24?
(a) A life of fruitless labor.
(b) A disgraceful alliance.
(c) An act of God.
(d) His overprotective parents.

11. What does the Marchese agree to do to please his son in Chapter 31?
(a) Flee the country.
(b) Buy him a new guitar.
(c) Marry him and Ellena.
(d) Have Schedoni killed.

12. What event is happening in Rome in Chapter 17?
(a) A crucifixion.
(b) A riot.
(c) A musical concert.
(d) A carnival.

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

14. Why does Ellena hate seeing Spalatro wounded?
(a) She didn't get to wound him.
(b) She wanted his help on their journey.
(c) She believes him a holy man.
(d) She hates seeing him suffer.

15. Who does Ellena think saved her from Spaltaro?
(a) God.
(b) Schedoni.
(c) Vivaldi.
(d) Bonarmo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led to the Bruno family's poverty?

2. What causes Ellena to fear for Schedoni while he is chasing Spalatro?

3. What does Schedoni learn was the fate of the village of the Barone di Cambrusca?

4. What does Schedoni give the guide before he dismisses him?

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

(see the answer keys)

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