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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Monsieur St. Albert, Valencourt and Emily find a shepherd's cabin at which a young woman laments that gypsies have stolen several sheep, what does Valancourt do to help the woman replace her missing sheep?
(a) He gives the woman a single gold coin.
(b) He gives the woman his entire purse of money.
(c) He hunts down the gypsies and steals the sheep back.
(d) He gives the woman the name of a sheep seller.

2. 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) Count Morano.
(b) Emily.
(c) Annette.
(d) Valancourt.

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

4. Who does Montoni blame for the incident with his glass?
(a) His wife.
(b) Valancourt.
(c) Emily.
(d) Ludovico.

5. What does Monsieur St. Albert do when he finds out that he and Emily are near the Chateau le Blanc?
(a) He weeps.
(b) He demands to be taken to the chateau.
(c) He demands to be taken away from the chateau.
(d) He rejoices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Bernardine have for Emily?

2. What mysterious sound does Emily hear at night in Chapter Ten of Volume Two?

3. Why is Emily's engagement to Valancourt canceled?

4. Which of the following is NOT a lament that Madame Montoni makes about her marriage in Chapter Seven of Volume Two?

5. Who comes to Emily's rescue when she is nearly kidnapped in Chapter Six of Volume Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. If Emily loves Valancourt, why does she not elope with him when he suggests doing so?

2. What does Madame Cheron's reversal of her opinion about Valancourt upon learning he is Madame Clairval's nephew indicate about her own character?

3. Why does Ludovico begin to suspect that Montoni heads a band of robbers?

4. How does Montoni treat his wife on their journey toward Venice?

5. In Chapter Seven of Volume Two, what does Madame Montoni learn about her husband's financial situation that makes her regret her marriage?

6. Why does Madame Montoni want to go to castle di Udolpho in the Apennines?

7. What ghost stories does Emily hear upon her arrival at castle di Udolpho?

8. What delays Emily's forced marriage to Count Morano?

9. What mysterious things happen while Emily and her parents visit the fishing-house in Chapter One?

10. What deathbed promise does the dying Monsieur St. Albert secure from Emily?

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