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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellena do upon discovering the monk's identity?
(a) Faints to the ground.
(b) Laughs uncontrollably.
(c) Cries out in horror.
(d) Weeps joyously.

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

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

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

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

6. What is Vivaldi told when he summons the jailer to detain the monk in Chapter 27?
(a) It is a barking dog.
(b) It is a pistol shot.
(c) That no one is near him.
(d) To be silent.

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

8. How long is Ellena's journey in Chapter 18?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Two days and two nights.

9. What does Schedoni seek from the Marchesa di Vivaldi in Chapter 21?
(a) A pay raise.
(b) Her hand in marriage.
(c) Mercy and forgiveness.
(d) Approbation for the union between Vivaldi and Ellena.

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Olivia correspond regularly with in Chapter 30?

2. In Chapter 30, who does Olivia reveal to Ellena that she is?

3. Whose trial is Vivaldi called to testify in, at the start of Chapter 29?

4. What is the Marchesa's dying wish in Chapter 31?

5. What time of day do Vivaldi and Paulo enter Rome?

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