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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 drags Ellena away while Vivaldi is wounded in Chapter 16?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Vivaldi's mother.
(c) Inquisitors.
(d) The Friar of the church.

2. What punishment is suggested for Ellena in Chapter 14?
(a) Hard labor.
(b) Death.
(c) Water torture.
(d) A public flogging.

3. What causes Vivaldi to believe he has been betrayed in Chapter 12?
(a) Ellena's disappearance.
(b) The passageway has been darkened.
(c) The police are chasing them.
(d) The gate at the end of the passage is locked.

4. What happens to Ellena on the morning she is to leave for the convent at Santa Maria della Pieta?
(a) She is kidnapped by three masked men.
(b) She discovers a letter from her father.
(c) She falls down the steps.
(d) She is confronted by Vivaldi's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Marchesa question about the rumor's validity?

2. What attracts Vincentio di Vivaldi to Ellena di Rosalba at first?

3. What does Vivaldi learn about Ellena's past in Chapter 1?

4. Who warns Vivaldi about visiting Ellena's villa?

5. What is Marchesa di Vivaldi worried about in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Olivia suggest that Ellena do and why?

3. 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?

4. How do Vivaldi's parents feel about his courting attempts?

5. Where does Schedoni plan to send Ellena in Chapter 10 and on whose appeal is he acting?

6. What does Beatrice believe about the Signora's death, and what does Vivaldi do in response to this?

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

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

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

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

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