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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 Vivaldi ask his friend to do at the end of Chapter 1?
2. Where does Schedoni plot to send Ellena?
3. What befalls Ellena at the start of Chapter 16?
4. Where is the church in which Vincentio di Vivaldi sees Ellena di Rosalba in Chapter 1?
5. Who does Vivaldi encounter while leaving his mother's closet?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Beatrice believe about the Signora's death, and what does Vivaldi do in response to this?
2. What does Ellena fear when she attends the concert in Chapter 12, and how are her fears assuaged?
3. After leaving the shepherd's farm, where does Vivaldi seek lodging for himself and Ellena, and what does he hope to obtain while there?
4. After seeing Ellena taken away during their marriage ceremony, where does Vivaldi demand to be sent, and for what reason does he make this demand?
5. What is Signora Bianchi's reaction when Vivaldi states his desire to marry Ellena?
6. Describe how Vivaldi feels when he first sees Ellena in Chapter 1.
7. What does Olivia suggest that Ellena do and why?
8. What does the monk warn Vivaldi against in Chapter 1 and why?
9. Where does Vivaldi locate Ellena, and what is her reaction when she sees him in Chapter 11?
10. What does Schedoni suggest as a punishment for Ellena for her relationship with Vivaldi, and what is the Marchesa's reaction to his suggestion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Ellena discover about her family in "The Italian"?
Essay Topic 2
Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? Are these differences indicative of good and evil?
Essay Topic 3
How does the third person point-of-view enhance or inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if a different point of view were used?
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