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

2. What does Vivaldi learn about Ellena's past in Chapter 1?
(a) She is a princess.
(b) Her parents were criminals.
(c) She is an orphan.
(d) She is extremely rich.

3. What is the warning Vivaldi receives upon returning to the villa in Chapter 3?
(a) A flood is coming!
(b) I'm going to kill you!
(c) The sky is falling!
(d) Death is in the house!

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

5. 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 is confronted by Vivaldi's mother.
(c) She discovers a letter from her father.
(d) She falls down the steps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivaldi ascertain after observing his mother's adviser?

2. How does Ellena decide to endure her suffering?

3. What is Schedoni worried about when Marchesa says," We are betrayed"?

4. What amazes the English travelers in the Introduction?

5. Where is the church in which Vincentio di Vivaldi sees Ellena di Rosalba in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What choice is given to Ellena by the abbess on Chapter 8, and what is her response?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where does the funeral for Signora di Bianchi take place and what invitation is extended to Ellena there?

10. 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?

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