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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Vivaldi searching for while hiding in Chapter 13?
(a) Ellena's parents.
(b) The man who betrayed him.
(c) A new girlfriend.
(d) A priest.

2. Who is Ellena enchanted by on the fifth day of her captivity at the convent of San Stefano?
(a) The dark haired man she is to marry.
(b) Vivaldi's servant Paulo.
(c) A nun singing hymns.
(d) The spirit of the devil.

3. What does Olivia promise to help Ellena do, despite risk of punishment?
(a) Escape from the convent.
(b) Kill the abbess.
(c) Sneak Vivaldi into her room.
(d) Burn down the convent.

4. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?
(a) For the unfair treatment of servants.
(b) The tightness of the bindings holding her.
(c) For the lack of food she was given.
(d) For lacking respect for Ellena's precepts of a holy religion.

5. What does Ellena beg Vivaldi not to do when their wedding is interrupted and she is seized by the intruders?
(a) Follow her.
(b) Love her any longer.
(c) Leave her.
(d) Forget about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amazes the English travelers in the Introduction?

2. What does Paulo fear about the man he and Vivaldi are hunting?

3. Who tells Vivaldi he has been betrayed?

4. What benefit does Ellena gain after meeting Olivia?

5. What does his father threaten to do if Vivaldi marries Ellena?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vivaldi find when he returns to Ellena's house in Chapter 9, and what does this cause him to suspect?

2. What is Ellena's reaction when she learns how Vivaldi's parents feel about her?

3. What does Olivia do to help Ellena while she is held captive in Chapter 8?

4. How does Ellena react to Vivaldi's attempts to draw her attention in Chapter 1?

5. What does Olivia tell Ellena about her refusal to accept the veil, and what does she suggest Ellena do?

6. What happens when Ellena agrees to marry Vivaldi?

7. Who does Vivaldi believe has betrayed him on his escape plan and why?

8. After seeing Ellena taken away during their marriage ceremony, where does Vivaldi demand to be sent, and for what reason does he make this demand?

9. What do Schedoni and the Marchesa di Vivaldi decide to do based on Schedoni's exaggerated story of his confrontation with Vivaldi?

10. What does Ellena fear when she attends the concert in Chapter 12, and how are her fears assuaged?

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