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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. In what year does the opening chapter of The Mysteries of Udolpho take place?
(a) 1650.
(b) 1715.
(c) 1584.
(d) 1764.

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

3. How does Montoni respond when Emily questions him about the sudden move to the castle di Udolpho?
(a) He says he has urgent business to attend at the castle.
(b) He says he wants to protect her from Count Morano.
(c) He tells her to ask her aunt for the answers she wants.
(d) He ignores her and refuses to answer.

4. In Chapter Ten, how much of her father's papers does Emily glimpse and read by accident before burning them?
(a) All of the letters.
(b) A single sentence.
(c) One paragraph.
(d) One letter.

5. What has Monsieur Quesnel done at La Vallee in Chapter Three of Volume Two?
(a) He has leased the chateau and fired the housekeeper.
(b) He has gambled away the property.
(c) He has polluted the streams on the estate.
(d) He has set fire to the chateau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily do after Montoni has three armed men take her aunt away?

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

3. How does Emily respond in Chapter Nine when she receives an invitation from Madame Cheron to go to Tholouse?

4. What does Monsieur St. Albert do when he finds out that he and Emily are near the Chateau le Blanc?

5. Who surprises Emily with a visit while en route to Estuviere?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Montoni inherit the castle from Signora Laurentini?

2. Does Monsieur St. Albert marry for love or for financial gain?

3. How does Ludovico's reason for locking Annette up differ from Montoni's reason for locking up Madame Montoni?

4. Why does Montoni want Emily to wear the most splendid dress she owns for dinner with his cavaliers?

5. What does Monsieur Quesnel do with the family estate at La Vallee, and what do his actions indicate?

6. Does Monsieur Quesnel, Emily's maternal uncle and Monsieur St. Albert's brother-in-law, marry for love or for financial gain?

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

8. How does Emily respond to the news of her father's financial ruin?

9. How does Monsieur St. Albert respond to the news that he and Emily are near Chateau le Blanc?

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

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