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

2. What does the guide tell them about the deserted village in Chapter 22?
(a) They should avoid it at all costs.
(b) A creepy story about the Barone.
(c) He killed all the villagers.
(d) It was once his hometown.

3. Whose trial is Vivaldi called to testify in, at the start of Chapter 29?
(a) Nicola's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Schedoni's.
(d) Ellena's.

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

5. What does the Marchesa believe changed Schedoni's opinion of Ellena?
(a) A conversation with a priest.
(b) A bribe from Vivaldi.
(c) He has fallen in love with Ellena.
(d) He has become mentally ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schedoni claim Vivaldi has been saved from in Chapter 24?

2. What does Vivaldi expect to happen when he meets the Chief Officer?

3. What does Ellena urge Schedoni to do after seeing Spalatro wounded?

4. What is Vivaldi questioned about during the Inquisition's fourth questioning?

5. What does the tribunal refuse to reveal to Vivaldi in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vivaldi refuse to tell the Tribunal of the Inquisition, and how is his refusal met?

2. Where do the Benedictines take Vivaldi and Paulo in Chapter 17 and whom do they turn them over to?

3. What does Ellena fear when Beatrice visits her, and who does Beatrice tell her has died?

4. Who does Ellena run into in a cloister of people, and what does this person reveal to Ellena in Chapter 30?

5. What does the monk accuse Ellena of when she appeals for protection in Chapter 19, and who does she realize the monk is?

6. What does the guide tell Schedoni about Spaltaro in Chapter 23, and what does Schedoni do in response?

7. In Chapter 20, who is Schedoni revealed to be, and why has he striven to be in the Marchesa's good graces?

8. What happens to Ellena while at the convent of Santa Maria della Pieta and prevents her from staying there permanently?

9. Where is Ellena taken in Chapter 18, into whose care is she given, and how is she treated by this person?

10. On her deathbed, what does the Marchesa confess to and state is her dying wish?

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