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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 is the only way Vivaldi claims to know Schedoni in Chapter 28?

2. What does the Marchesa believe changed Schedoni's opinion of Ellena?

3. Who does Ellena think saved her from Spaltaro?

4. What does Ellena request from Spalatro?

5. How long is Ellena's journey in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 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?

5. What does Ellena suspect when Spaltaro brings her breakfast, and what does she do because of this suspicion?

6. What happens when Vivaldi asks the jailer to capture the monk, and what other tale does he tell the tribunal?

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

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

9. Describe what happens when Schedoni, Ellena, and their guide come upon a deserted village.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of wealth in this novel? What events are driven by wealth and poverty? How are characters viewed based on their pecuniary success?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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