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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. Which of the following statements is NOT something that Sister Frances tells Emily about sister Agnes' history?
(a) Sister Agnes was forced to marry a man she disliked.
(b) Sister Agnes' father conveyed her to the convent.
(c) Sister Agnes' father told everyone she had died.
(d) Sister Agnes went crazy because she mourns a dead child.

2. In Chapter Ten of Volume Four, who shoots the man who might have been Valancourt, taking him for a robber?
(a) Jean, the gardener.
(b) Count De Villefort.
(c) Monsieur Quesnel.
(d) Du Pont.

3. What does Emily see in Chapter One of Volume Three that makes her faint?
(a) A bloody corpse.
(b) Her aunt chained to a wall.
(c) Valancourt.
(d) A pirate wielding a large sword.

4. What does Montoni threaten if Emily does not give him the estates she has inherited from her aunt?
(a) That she will not have her Languedoc or Gascony estates.
(b) That he will force her to wed Count Morano.
(c) That he will murder her.
(d) That he will force her to marry him.

5. When Emily recovers from her faint in Chapter One of Volume Three, who is surrounding her and trying to kidnap her?
(a) Soldiers from Valancourt's regiment who hate Valancourt.
(b) Her uncle's cavaliers.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Ruffians in league with Bernardine.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Monsieur Quesnel want to assist Emily?

2. Where does Emily think she spies Valancourt in Chapter Ten of Volume Four?

3. Who does Emily believe is being held prisoner in the castle after she hears the song from the lower room?

4. Why does Montoni refuse Emily's request to leave Udolpho?

5. What is Emily's mental state after her near kidnapping in Chapter One of Volume Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the encounter Count De Villefort, the St. Foixes and Blanche have with the banditti in Chapter Twelve of Volume Four and who they are reunited with as a result.

2. What incident in Chapter Seven of Volume Four increases the reputation of the Marchioness de Villeroi's chamber at Chateau le Blanc as being haunted?

3. What room at the Chateau le Blanc is supposedly haunted?

4. What does Valancourt's return to Theresa's cottage after Emily's rejection of him at the end of Chapter Thirteen of Volume Four indicate about his feelings for Emily?

5. What story does Sister Frances relate to Emily to explain how Sister Agnes became insane?

6. In Chapter Nine of Volume Three, Emily composes a poem called "The Mariner". What role do Emily's poems play throughout the story?

7. Although Emily refuses Valancourt in Chapter Ten of Volume Three, what evidence is there that she still loves him?

8. What seemingly supernatural figure does Emily see in Chapters Two and Three of Volume Three?

9. In Chapter One of Volume Three, why does Emily think Bernardine might murder her as well as her aunt?

10. Why is Count Morano imprisoned after his return to Venice?

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