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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 do upon discovering the monk's identity?

2. What does the narrator say about Schedoni that would have made Ellena join the convent immediately if she had known the truth?

3. In Chapter 18, where does Ellena's journey take her?

4. Who did Olivia correspond regularly with in Chapter 30?

5. In Chapter 26, what does the monk tell Vivaldi he will witness during the next day's questioning?

Short Essay Questions

1. On her deathbed, what does the Marchesa confess to and state is her dying wish?

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

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

4. How does the mysterious monk assert himself to Vivaldi during his imprisonment and questioning?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is foreshadowing used in "The Italian"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 2

How do the minor characters in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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