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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Monsieur St. Albert faint?
(a) He hasn't eaten in a long time.
(b) He has been wounded and has lost a lot of blood.
(c) He is frightened by a ghost.
(d) He is ill.

2. On the banks of what river is the chateau of Monsieur St. Albert located?
(a) The Garonne.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Tigris-Euphrates.

3. What does Emily do to assist the wounded man who tried to kidnap her?
(a) She disarms her uncle.
(b) She nurses his wounds.
(c) She locks her uncle in a closet.
(d) She calls the sheriff for him.

4. Who overhears a second plot to abduct Emily and thereby saves her from abduction?
(a) Orsini.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Annette.
(d) Carlo.

5. In Chapter Five of Volume Two, who wakes Emily in the night to tell her to prepare to leave Venice immediately for castle di Udolpho in the Apenines?
(a) Theresa.
(b) Annette.
(c) Madame Montoni.
(d) Montoni.

6. Why does Emily advise her aunt to relinquish her estates to Montoni rather than continuing to resist his will?
(a) Emily has fallen in love with Montoni.
(b) Emily fears Montoni's possible violence toward her aunt.
(c) Montoni forces Emily to advise her aunt to give in to him.
(d) Emily wants to see her aunt ruined financially.

7. How does Valancourt secure a visit to Madame Montoni's gardens in Chapter Eight of Volume Two?
(a) He climbs over a wall and sneaks into the gardens.
(b) He bribes a servant.
(c) Emily sneaks him into the gardens.
(d) He charges into the gardens with a sword.

8. In Chapter One of Volume Two, who stays out all night once Emily and her family arrive in Venice?
(a) Montoni.
(b) Cavigni.
(c) Orsino.
(d) Count Morano.

9. What does Emily St. Albert find written on a wainscot in Chapter One?
(a) A sonnet.
(b) A map.
(c) Her father's name.
(d) Her name.

10. In Chapter Four of Volume Two, who does Montoni threaten to force Emily to marry?
(a) Valancourt.
(b) Count Morano.
(c) Cavigni.
(d) Ludovico.

11. Who comes to Emily's rescue when she is nearly kidnapped in Chapter Six of Volume Two?
(a) Valancourt
(b) Ludovico.
(c) Count Morano.
(d) Montoni and his servants.

12. Who is wounded in a fight after trying to kidnap Emily?
(a) Count Morano.
(b) Bertolini.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Monsieur Quesnel.

13. What does Emily see her father kissing in Chapter Two?
(a) The miniature portrait of an unknown lady.
(b) Her dead mother's portrait.
(c) The crucifix with which he prays.
(d) A strange woman's hand.

14. Who persuades Montoni to give his wife one day to reconsider her refusal to sign over her estates to him before he moves her to the east turret of the castle?
(a) Emily.
(b) Count Morano.
(c) Annette.
(d) Valancourt.

15. Who becomes Emily's guardian once Monsieur St. Albert dies?
(a) The Marquis de Villeroi.
(b) Madame Cheron.
(c) Monsieur Quesnel.
(d) The abbess of the convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the opening chapter of The Mysteries of Udolpho take place?

2. From whom is Monsieur St. Albert expecting letters in Chapter Six?

3. Who is Bernardine?

4. With whom do Emily and her father seek refuge in Chapter Six after Monsieur St. Albert faints?

5. What does Emily find in an ivory case inside her dead father's purse?

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