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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Foundling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jerónimo when the story begins?
(a) At home.
(b) In a jail cell.
(c) By a river.
(d) In a field.

2. What does the Marquise's mother try to get the Marquise to guess?
(a) The wishes of her deceased husband.
(b) The time and place at which her impregnation took place.
(c) The Marquise's mother's opinion of her pregnancy.
(d) The identity of the father of the baby.

3. Who is Don Fernando?
(a) A traveling salesman.
(b) The priest.
(c) The leader of the group.
(d) An old man.

4. According to the Count, what is the Marquise more of than the rest of them?
(a) She is a more moral person than the rest of them.
(b) She is more desperate than the rest of them.
(c) She is more friendly than the rest of them.
(d) She is more beautiful than the rest of them.

5. What place is the Marquise's father ordered to defend?
(a) The tower.
(b) The citadel.
(c) The bridge.
(d) The government residence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Jerónimo unconscious?

2. What is the position of the woman who seduced Nicolo?

3. When the Count tells the Marquise that he wants to marry her, what does she tell him?

4. When the Count arrives at the house for a visit, what does he do?

5. Why does the Marquise pack up her belongings, as well as her children's things?

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