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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 the tribunal refuse to reveal to Vivaldi in Chapter 17?
2. What strikes Schedoni about the play Virginia?
3. What does Schedoni seek from the Marchesa di Vivaldi in Chapter 21?
4. Who does the court of the Inquisition remind Vivaldi they are merciful to in Chapter 17?
5. Whose trial is Vivaldi called to testify in, at the start of Chapter 29?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Ellena while at the convent of Santa Maria della Pieta and prevents her from staying there permanently?
2. Where is Ellena taken in Chapter 18, into whose care is she given, and how is she treated by this person?
3. What does Ellena suspect when Spaltaro brings her breakfast, and what does she do because of this suspicion?
4. Where do the Benedictines take Vivaldi and Paulo in Chapter 17 and whom do they turn them over to?
5. After being sentenced to death, what does Schedoni reveal to Vivaldi, and how does Vivaldi receive the news?
6. What does the guide tell Schedoni about Spaltaro in Chapter 23, and what does Schedoni do in response?
7. What does Olivia tell Ellena about their relationship and the character of Schedoni?
8. 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?
9. What does Schedoni find out about his relationship to Ellena, and what does he do when he receives this news?
10. How does Vivaldi feel about the monk's tale that he relates to the Tribunal, and what does the monk do in response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What role does social class play in "The Italian"? What different classes are represented and by which characters?
Essay Topic 3
What is Schedoni's role in the persecution of Ellena and Vivaldi? How does this change, and why?
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