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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 Ellena fear when she is visited by Beatrice in Chapter 30?
(a) Further persecution.
(b) Vivaldi has been killed.
(c) Her son has been murdered.
(d) She has come to murder her.

2. What time of day do Vivaldi and Paulo enter Rome?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Noon.

3. What does Schedoni admit about Nicola in Chapter 28?
(a) He was his agent in a plot against Vivaldi.
(b) He tried to murder him.
(c) He is his father.
(d) He has never seen him before.

4. In Chapter 30, why does Olivia say she was persecuted by the abbess of San Stefano?
(a) Incompletion of duties.
(b) Her manner of speaking.
(c) Her faith.
(d) Aiding Ellena's escape.

5. What are the guards' stipulations to allow Paulo to stay with Vivaldi, at the trial in Chapter 29?
(a) He must remain silent.
(b) He must transcribe the trial.
(c) He must testify as well.
(d) He must kneel the entire time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Olivia correspond regularly with in Chapter 30?

2. What does Schedoni do every time the guide mentions Spalatro?

3. What causes Ellena to consider relinquishing the world to join the convent in Chapter 25?

4. In Chapter 21, what does Schedoni resolve to do for fear of being questioned by the Marchesa di Vivaldi?

5. In Chapter 24, what does the Marchesa believe after hearing details about Ellena's family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who appears in Chapter 29 to testify against Schedoni, and what do they verify?

5. Who are the two people the Tribunal summons at the start of Chapter 28, how are they questioned, and what do they testify to?

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

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

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

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

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

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