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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. What is Marchesa di Vivaldi worried about in Chapter 14?
(a) Her son wounding her pride.
(b) Growing old.
(c) Her lack of money.
(d) A troubling letter she receives.

2. What befalls Ellena at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) Homesickness.
(b) A fever.
(c) The bubonic plague.
(d) Amnesia.

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

4. What is Vivaldi convinced of by his interview with his mother in Chapter 9?
(a) She and her secret admirer conspired to kidnap Ellena.
(b) Ellena has no feelings for him.
(c) He should flee his parent's house.
(d) Her innocence.

5. What choice is given to Ellena in Chapter 8?
(a) To accept the veil or marry a husband chosen for her.
(b) The color of her wedding gown.
(c) The fate of prisoners of the state.
(d) To repent her sins or flee the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivaldi hear Ellena singing when he returns to the villa alone after Bonarmo refuses to accompany him?

2. Where do Vivaldi and Paulo end up after pursuing the figure in the monastery?

3. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?

4. What is the warning Vivaldi receives upon returning to the villa in Chapter 3?

5. What does Vivaldi's friend suggest he do near the end of Chapter 1?

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

3. Who does Vivaldi find when he returns home to see his mother, and what does he accuse this person of?

4. Where do Vivaldi and Ellena hide after she has escaped, and who does Vivaldi's servant report is approaching?

5. Describe how Vivaldi feels when he first sees Ellena in Chapter 1.

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

7. After leaving the shepherd's farm, where does Vivaldi seek lodging for himself and Ellena, and what does he hope to obtain while there?

8. What does the Marchesa fear her son will do when she hears of Ellena's escape, and who does she summon to confirm the rumor?

9. What happens to Ellena as she prepares to depart for the convent of Santa Maria della Pieta?

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

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