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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schedoni question the guide about after a sleepless night in Chapter 23?
(a) A remedy for insomnia.
(b) His opinion of Ellena.
(c) Spalatro.
(d) The day's weather.

2. Who does the monk tell Vivaldi to summon during the trial?
(a) Father Ansaldo.
(b) The Marchesa di Vivaldi.
(c) The spirit of God.
(d) Ellena.

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

4. Who did the ancient servant that testified in the trial in Chapter 29 work for?
(a) Vivaldi's uncle.
(b) The Count di Bruno.
(c) The Italian government.
(d) The Marchesa di Vivaldi.

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

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

7. What does Ellena worry Vivaldi has done at the start of Chapter 30?
(a) Yielded to his parents' demands and forgotten her.
(b) Been placed in slavery.
(c) Confessed her whereabouts.
(d) Been shipped to Jerusalem.

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

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

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

11. Who does the court of the Inquisition remind Vivaldi they are merciful to in Chapter 17?
(a) The extremely rich.
(b) True love.
(c) The very talented.
(d) Those who confess.

12. What does Paulo tell the Marchese in Chapter 31?
(a) His son has been killed.
(b) He is dying.
(c) His son's sufferings and whereabouts.
(d) He can no longer work for the Vivaldi family.

13. What information does the tribunal want from the mysterious monk in Chapter 28?
(a) His hometown.
(b) Ellena's location.
(c) The monk's identity and proof of his statement.
(d) His religious beliefs.

14. What does the narrator say about Schedoni that would have made Ellena join the convent immediately if she had known the truth?
(a) He instructed her to serve God.
(b) A letter she received from him.
(c) His true character.
(d) His place in the hierarchy of the Church.

15. In Chapter 18, what does Ellena's room contain that she is unaware of?
(a) A noiseless door.
(b) A large spider.
(c) The ghost of her aunt.
(d) A colony of fire ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Olivia state Schedoni is in Chapter 30?

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

3. Where does the tribunal send Vivaldi at the end of Chapter 27?

4. The monk discusses a confession with Vivaldi in Vivaldi's cell in Chapter 25. Where is that confession made?

5. In Chapter 19, what is Spalatro shocked to see Ellena do?

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