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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 is Vivaldi questioned about during the Inquisition's fourth questioning?
(a) His religious beliefs.
(b) Ellena's whereabouts.
(c) Insulting Schedoni.
(d) His whereabouts the previous night.

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

3. How does Vivaldi gain Paulo an indulgence at the close of Chapter 29?
(a) By begging profusely.
(b) By offering several other testimonies.
(c) Through prayer.
(d) With a bribe.

4. What stops Schedoni from harming Ellena in Chapter 20?
(a) A letter from Vivaldi.
(b) The spirit of God.
(c) A heartfelt plea from Ellena.
(d) A portrait in her possession.

5. Who does Ellena think saved her from Spaltaro?
(a) Schedoni.
(b) God.
(c) Bonarmo.
(d) Vivaldi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event is happening in Rome in Chapter 17?

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

4. Whose trial is Vivaldi called to testify in, at the start of Chapter 29?

5. What realization does Schedoni come to that causes him agony and remorse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ellena believe that Schedoni came to save her from Spaltaro?

2. After being sentenced to death, what does Schedoni reveal to Vivaldi, and how does Vivaldi receive the news?

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

4. What does Schedoni find out about his relationship to Ellena, and what does he do when he receives this news?

5. What does Schedoni decide would be in his best interest, after finding out he is Ellena's father, and what does he see as the first step?

6. Why is Ellena distressed when Schedoni shares where he plans to deposit her for safety, and what does she suggest as an alternative?

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

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

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

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

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