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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. About whom does Emily compose a poem called "The Piedmontese"?
(a) Valancourt.
(b) Monsieur St. Albert.
(c) Cavigni.
(d) Orsino.

2. When Emily looks for her book, what book of Valancourt's does she find instead?
(a) His volume of Petrarch's poems.
(b) His copy of Shakespeare's plays.
(c) His copy of Shakespeare's sonnets.
(d) His Bible.

3. What does Montoni order Emily to wear for dinner with his cavaliers?
(a) A black dress in mourning for her father.
(b) A golden necklace.
(c) An old dress to feign that the family is impoverished.
(d) The most splendid dress she owns.

4. What mysterious and seemingly supernatural occurrence happens while Montoni explains how he obtained the castle?
(a) A disembodied voice speaks.
(b) A white mist appears in the room.
(c) Harp music is heard where no harp or player is seen.
(d) The lights flicker on and off.

5. What shocking thing does Montoni do when he and his wife and niece and friends take a gondola ride?
(a) He gets drunk and gets into a fight with Cavigni.
(b) He tells his wife he has a mistress.
(c) He pushes his wife into the canal water.
(d) He boards another gondola and leaves his party.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Valancourt returns to Estuviere in Chapter Eleven, what does he worry about?

2. Who does Montoni blame for the incident with his glass?

3. What information does Bernardine have for Emily?

4. To whom does M. St. Albert sell part of his family domain?

5. Who locks Annette in a room for her safety?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Does Monsieur St. Albert approve of Valancourt as a suitor for his daughter, Emily?

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

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

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

7. What does Count Morano do when his wedding to Emily does not take place as scheduled?

8. Describe the seemingly supernatural voice that echoes Montoni's words in the castle di Udolpho.

9. Why does Emily conclude her aunt is probably dead once Montoni has the older woman taken away to the east turret?

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

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