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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 Vivaldi receive in return for relating the monk's words to the tribunal?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) A severe lashing.
(c) A promise he won't be tortured.
(d) Immediate release.

2. What does Ellena worry Vivaldi has done at the start of Chapter 30?
(a) Been shipped to Jerusalem.
(b) Been placed in slavery.
(c) Confessed her whereabouts.
(d) Yielded to his parents' demands and forgotten her.

3. In Chapter 26, what does the monk tell Vivaldi he will witness during the next day's questioning?
(a) A murder.
(b) A beautiful opera.
(c) Many extraordinary things.
(d) An act of God.

4. In Chapter 21, what does Schedoni resolve to do for fear of being questioned by the Marchesa di Vivaldi?
(a) Change his identity.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Murder Ellena.
(d) Marry Vivaldi and Ellena secretly.

5. Where does the tribunal send Vivaldi at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) To the dungeon.
(b) Back to his cell.
(c) To another tribunal.
(d) His hometown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What stops Schedoni from harming Ellena in Chapter 20?

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

4. What does Schedoni promise to do when Ellena asks about Vivaldi in Chapter 23?

5. Who does Ellena think saved her from Spaltaro?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the mysterious monk, and what does he claim is true about Schedoni, and what does he produce to verify his story?

2. What does Schedoni report to the Marchesa di Vivaldi, and what does she believe has happened?

3. What makes Ellena's idea, to be taken to the church of Santa Maria della Pieta, appear more attractive to Schedoni, and what is Ellena's reaction when he agrees to her idea?

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

5. What does Olivia tell Ellena about their relationship and the character of Schedoni?

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

7. How does Vivaldi feel about the monk's tale that he relates to the Tribunal, and what does the monk do in response?

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

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

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

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