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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellena realize about love at the end of Chapter 6?

2. What charge is Vivaldi arrested for in Chapter 16?

3. Where does Vivaldi find lodging for Ellena in Chapter 13?

4. What rumor does Vivaldi's mother hear in Chapter 14?

5. What unforgivable sin is Ellena accused of in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellena fear when she attends the concert in Chapter 12, and how are her fears assuaged?

2. Who does Vivaldi believe has betrayed him on his escape plan and why?

3. What does the monk warn Vivaldi against in Chapter 1 and why?

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

5. What does Olivia do to help Ellena while she is held captive in Chapter 8?

6. What happens when Ellena agrees to marry Vivaldi?

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

8. What happens to Vivaldi and Paulo when they pursue the mysterious monk?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the main themes in this novel and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the difference characters?

Essay Topic 2

Which characters are the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Spalatro, who hires him, and what is his job? How does his ruthlessness compare to Schedoni's lack of concern for humanity? Which characters' morals are more corrupted?

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